TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Does variation in workload affect fatigue in a regular 12-hour shift system?
JO  - Sleep and Biological Rhythms
A1  - Baulk, Stuart D.
A1  - Kandelaars, Katie J.
A1  - Lamond, Nicole
A1  - Roach, Gregory D.
A1  - Dawson, Drew
A1  - Fletcher, Adam
SP  - 74
EP  - 77
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between workload and objective/subjective fatigue for a regularly rotating work schedule. Twenty male shift-workers working a 12-h schedule at a metallurgic smelter were involved in the study. Data were collected for a 14-day period while the participants continued their work schedule and duties. Shifts with high and low workload were separated and compared. Trends were observed for the increase of fatigue with a higher workload. Subjective fatigue was significantly higher at the end of the 12-h night shift (P less than 0.05), and psychomotor vigilance test lapses occurred during the first half of the night shift (P less than 0.05). These results imply that the relationships between workload, performance and subjective fatigue are complex and that further research is required.<p />
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SN  - 1446-9235
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8425.2006.00249.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -