@article{ref1,
title="Effects of day shift work on quality of life and vigilance in Tunisia",
journal="Sante Publique",
year="2019",
author="Chaouch, Nesrine and Mechergui, Najla and Aissi, Wafa and Essid, Dorra and Khemila, Tessnim and Ladhari, Nizar",
volume="31",
number="5",
pages="623-631",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Alternate work is known to cause physical and mental health disorders for employees that can alter their quality of life and sleep. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate workers quality of life and sleep in situations of alternate work. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 391 workers answered the questionnaire. According to the type of schedule, 320 employees worked alternately on a 2×8 shift schedule and 71 worked on a permanent night shift schedule. The group of employees working at night had a better quality of life than the group of employees working in 2×8 in terms of both their physical and mental scores (P < 10-3). Type 2×8 workers were found to have excessive daytime sleepiness as compared to those on fixed night schedules. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Shortly, we can deduce from this study that alternating day shift work causes a deterioration of workers' quality of life of and generates sleep disorders..<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0995-3914",
doi="10.3917/spub.195.0623",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/spub.195.0623"
}