Shift Workers Health Consequences

摘要

Shift work has become a routine feature in industries,transportation, hospitals and many other essential sectors(Gupta et al, 1997) and the numbers of shift workers areincreasing every year. However, schedules of rotating shiftwork timing (activity) away from the customary clock willeventually do upset the human circadian clock and causesinternal desynchronization, thereby leading to health problemsand several clinical complications. Therefore, it is desirable tobecome vigilant so that the quality of life and the state ofhealth do not deteriorate among shift workers.