Modeling the impact of the components of long work hours on injuries and “accidents”

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 953-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Folkard ◽  
David A. Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Work Hours ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Shift Work and Long Work Hours on Employers’ Health Care Costs

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 1006-1010
Author(s):  
Megan McHugh ◽  
Dustin D. French ◽  
Mary M. Kwasny ◽  
Claude R. Maechling ◽  
Jane L. Holl
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Costs

scholarly journals Long work hours of mothers and fathers are linked to increased risk for overweight and obesity among preschool children: longitudinal evidence from Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 723-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianghong Li ◽  
Till Kaiser ◽  
Matthias Pollmann-Schult ◽  
Lyndall Strazdins
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Childhood Overweight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Child Overweight ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundMost existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers’ and mothers’ work hours on childhood overweight and obesity.ObjectivesTo examine the impact of maternal and paternal work hours on overweight/obesity among children aged 1–6 years in Germany using longitudinal data.MethodsChild body weight and height and their parents’ work hours were collected for 2413 children at ages 0–1, ages 2–3 and ages 5–6. Overweight and obesity was defined using the body mass index percentiles based on the Cole LMS-Method. Random effects model was conducted, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics of parents and children.ResultsCompared with non-employment, when mothers worked 35 or more hours per week, the risk for child overweight and obesity increased among preschool children. When fathers worked 55 or more hours per week, this effect was strengthened and maternal part-time hours (24–34 per week) also became a risk for child overweight and obesity. The effect was mainly found in high-income families.ConclusionsBoth mothers’ and fathers’ long work hours matter to young children’s overweight status. Employment protection and work time regulation for both working parents during the first 6 years of the child’s life should be considered in future policy.

scholarly journals The Impact of Work Hours on Depressive Symptoms among Koreans Aged 45 and Over

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 853
Author(s):  
Juyeong Kim ◽  
Eun-Cheol Park
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Impact

Background: Given the documented importance of employment for middle-aged and older adults’ mental health, studies of the association between their number of work hours and depressive symptoms are needed. Objectives: To examine the association between the number of work hours and depressive symptoms in Korean aged 45 and over. Methods: We used data from the first wave to fourth wave of the Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging. Using the first wave at baseline, data included 9845 individuals. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. We performed a longitudinal analysis to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms by work hours. Results: Both unemployed males and females aged 45–65 years were associated with higher depressive symptoms (β = 0.59, p < 0.001; β = 0.32, p < 0.001). Females working ≥ 69 h were associated with higher depressive symptoms compared to those working 41–68 h (β = 0.25, p = 0.013). Among those both middle-aged and older adults, both males and females unemployed were associated with higher depressive symptoms. Those middle-aged female working ≥69 h were associated with higher depressive symptoms. Conclusions: An increase in depressive symptoms was associated with unemployed males and females working ≥69 h compared to those working 41–68 h. Although this association was found among middle-aged individuals, a decrease in depressive symptoms in both sexes was associated with working 1–40 h. Depressive symptoms should decrease by implementing employment policies and social services to encourage employers to support middle-aged and older adults in the workforce considering their sex and age differences.

scholarly journals What makes It Difficult to keep an Intimate Relationship: Evidence From Greece and China

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 147470492098780
Author(s):  
Menelaos Apostolou ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Personal Time ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Relationship Strain

Keeping an intimate relationship is challenging, and there are many factors causing strain. In the current research, we employed a sample of 1,403 participants from China and Greece who were in an intimate relationship, and we classified 78 difficulties in keeping an intimate relationship in 13 factors. Among the most common ones were clinginess, long work hours, and lack of personal time and space. Clinginess was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by women, while bad sex was reported as a more common source of relationship strain by men. Fading away enthusiasm, bad sex, infidelity and children were reported as more important by older participants, while lack of personal time and space, and character issues were reported as more important by younger participants. The factor structure was similar in the Greek and in the Chinese cultural contexts, but there were also differences. In addition, there were significant interactions between the sample and the sex. For instance, for the non-monogamous factor, men gave higher scores than women in both samples, but the difference was much more pronounced in the Greek sample.

scholarly journals Contemporary fatherhood: Social, demographic and attitudinal factors associated with involved fathering and long work hours

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laetitia Coles ◽  
Belinda Hewitt ◽  
Bill Martin
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
Social Demographic

Time pressures around work and care within families have increased over recent decades, exacerbated by an enduring male breadwinner culture in Australia and manifested in increasingly long work hours for fathers. We identified fathers who spent relatively long hours actively caring for children despite long work hours and we compared them with other fathers who did less work, less childcare, or less of both. Using 13 waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, we explored characteristics associated with the time fathers spent in work and care. The age and ethnicity of fathers differentiated those who spent long hours in both work and childcare from all other groups of fathers, yet other factors were also important for the time fathers spent at work or with children. By examining fathers at the margins of the distributions of work and childcare hours, we add valuable insights into associations between work and care for families.

scholarly journals Perception of Fatigue Among Surgeons During Night Shifts

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Amirian ◽  
AK Danielsen ◽  
J Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Time Pressure ◽  
Night Shift ◽  
Sleep Time ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Impaired Performance ◽  
Impaired Cognition ◽  
Long Work Hours ◽  
Call Night ◽  
Night Shifts ◽  
Increase In Risk

It is well known that sleep deprivation induces fatigue and that fatigue induces impaired cognition. Studies have demonstrated that long work hours, restricted sleep, time pressure and high demands may cause impaired performance in physicians. Some studies have shown through laparoscopic simulation that surgeons, when deprived of sleep, take longer to perform the procedure, make more unnecessary movements with their instruments and significantly more mistakes. Surgeons with an opportunity for sleep of less than 6 hours on the previous on-call night shift had an 83% increase in risk of postoperative complications when working the following day.

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