THE IMPACT OF NIGHT SHIFT ON THE WORK ABILITY OF EXPOSED WORKERS

Jovica Jovanović, Ivana Šarac, Milica Jovanović, Jelena Milanov, Irena Đorđević

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Abstract


The exposed group included 200 workers who work night shifts. The control group included 180 workers who work only in the first shift. It was observed that a significant number of workers in the exposed group had conditions related to infectious, malignant, mental, hematopoietic, immune, endocrine, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases. When compared to the control group, the exposed group had a statistically significantly higher number of workers suffering from two or more diseases at the same time. Work ability index (WAI) was statistically significantly higher among the workers of the control group compared to the workers of the exposed group. It was determined that the WAI value decreases with the length of service in the exposed group and that this decrease is more prominent after the eleventh year of service. In the control group, no decrease in WAI was registered with length of service.


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night work, work ability, gender, diseases, length of exposure

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