[Aim of the study: Several physiological processes are disturbed in shift workers. The authors’s aim was to complete a pilot study as part of the validation process of Standard Shiftwork Index (SSI) and to examine the effects of shiftwork on the quality of sleeping and on psychical and somatic status. Sample and methods: The survey was implemented at the hospitals of the University of Szeged in 2011, with the participation of not randomly selected nurses working in shiftwork, night- or dayshifts (N=211). SSI was complemented with further respective questions. Results: Those working in dayshift suffer less from sleep disorders than nurses working in nightshift or shiftwork (p=0,002, p=0,005), and have better health status (p=0,001, p=0,003), furthermore feel themselves less tired (p=0,011, p=0,039). The nightshift workers had gastrointestinal complaints more frequently (p=0,044, p=0,006), as well as nurses working in nightshift suffer from more chronic diseases than dayshift workers (p=0,004) and shift workers (p=0,003). In case of shift workers the weekly amount of cigarettes having smoked (p=0,008) and the consumption of caffeinated refresher beverages (p<0,001) were significantly increased since the beginning of their shiftwork. Conclusion: Health status of nurses working in nightshifts and shiftwork are more relapsed, their health attitude is worse than in case of dayshift workers. As the continuation of this examination the authors try to find out which variations of shiftwork can be considered less exhausting.]
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