Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(3):183-189 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4817

Psychosocial and physiological risks of shift work in nurses: a cross-sectional study

Belén Leyva-Vela1, Francisco Jesús Llorente-Cantarero2,3, Silvia Henarejos-Alarcón1, Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez4
1 Vinalopó University Hospital, Elche, Spain
2 Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
3 Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba, Sevilla, Spain
4 Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Objectives: Many jobs are associated with psychological or social risk factors. Knowledge of occupational diseases is essential for adopting rational control measures. The aim was to study and describe frequent social, psychological and physiological risk factors for nurses.

Methods: Psychological and social risks were evaluated in nurses with regular or irregular shifts. In addition, differences between nurses or nursing assistants were studied. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, Eating Attitudes Test, Profile of Mood State, Athens Insomnia Scale, Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Minnesota Leisure Time were administered.

Results: Nursing assistants presented higher levels of body mass index and food restriction than nurses, nevertheless, nurses showed increasing tension in work. In nursing, shift work increases psychosocial risks, insomnia, eating disorders, and trait anxiety.

Conclusions: In conclusion, nurses and nursing assistants in health centres and hospitals show high levels of exposure to psychological and psychosocial risks that are unfavourable to their health.

Keywords: nursing workload, sleep disorders, eating disorders, psychology of work, psychosocial work environment

Received: April 28, 2016; Revised: June 15, 2017; Published: September 30, 2018  Show citation

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Leyva-Vela B, Jesús Llorente-Cantarero F, Henarejos-Alarcón S, Martínez-Rodríguez A. Psychosocial and physiological risks of shift work in nurses: a cross-sectional study. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2018;26(3):183-189. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4817. PubMed PMID: 30419619.
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