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Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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Literature review of effect of work pattern (day shift and night shift) on worker's health

근무 양상(주간과 야간)이 근로자 건강에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 동향

  • Kim, Ki-Youn (Department of Industrial Health, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Cho, Man-Su (Department of Environment Oriented Information and System Engineering, Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University) ;
  • Gal, Won-Mo (Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Eulji University)
  • 김기연 (부산가톨릭대학교산업보건학과) ;
  • 조만수 (일본미에대학교공생환경학과) ;
  • 갈원모 (을지대학교보건환경안전학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.18
  • Accepted : 2013.06.10
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Based on a literature review regarding shift work, it is recognized that it has an adverse effect on workers' health. Especially, the night shift rather than the day shift imposes severe disorders on workers, which are indicated to dyssomnia, maladaptation to social life, and health problems such as gastroenteric trouble, cardiovascular diseases and depression. As the shift work can be explainable by using workers' labor ability necessarily to maintain company business consistently, it does not consider biorhythm, active mass and health condition of workers Actually duration of shit work would deprive workers of fundamental life rights by causing physical and mental effects. As a result of reviewing previous case studies related to effect of work pattern (day shift and night shift) on workers' health, an incidence of physical diseases like dyssomnia, gastroenteric trouble, cardiovascular diseases and premature delivery was higher in shift workers than normal workers. Additionally the incidence of mental disorders such as busy brain, social isolation, depression and work stress was also higher in shift workers than normal workers. These adverse physical and mental problems were intensified to night shift workers compared to day shift workers. Considering current various reports and study results, it is recommended that the shift work, especially the night work pattern, should not apply to contemporary work situation for sustaining workers' health condition constantly.

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