How do different definitions of night shift affect the exposure assessment of night work?

TY - JOUR

T1 - How do different definitions of night shift affect the exposure assessment of night work?

AU - Garde, Anne Helene

AU - Hansen, Johnni

AU - Kolstad, Henrik A

AU - Larsen, Ann Dyreborg

AU - Hansen, Åse Marie

PY - 2016/7/2

Y1 - 2016/7/2

N2 - The aim is to show how different definitions affect the proportion of shifts classified as night shifts. The Danish Working Hour Database was used to calculate number of night shifts according to eight definitions. More than 98% of the total night shifts were night shifts by use of both the reference definition (at least 3 h of work between 24:00 and 05:00) and definitions using a period during the night. The overlap with definitions based on starting and ending time was less pronounced (64-71 %). The proportion of classified night shifts differs little when night shifts are based on definitions including a period during the night. Studies based on other definitions may be less comparable.

AB - The aim is to show how different definitions affect the proportion of shifts classified as night shifts. The Danish Working Hour Database was used to calculate number of night shifts according to eight definitions. More than 98% of the total night shifts were night shifts by use of both the reference definition (at least 3 h of work between 24:00 and 05:00) and definitions using a period during the night. The overlap with definitions based on starting and ending time was less pronounced (64-71 %). The proportion of classified night shifts differs little when night shifts are based on definitions including a period during the night. Studies based on other definitions may be less comparable.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167729

DO - 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167729

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27077244

SN - 0742-0528

VL - 33

SP - 595

EP - 598

JO - Chronobiology International

JF - Chronobiology International

IS - 6

ER -