Special issue paperDesigning better shift systems
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2021, Applied Soft ComputingCitation Excerpt :Complex constraints add to the difficulty of finding good and equitable schedules for the physicians. Examples of ergonomic constraints are described in Knauth [1], while Gendreau et al. [2] offer an overview of other typical constraints to classifying them into four categories: (1) supply and demand, (2) workload, (3) fairness and (4) ergonomics, based on five case studies performed in Canadian hospitals. This paper addresses a real physician scheduling problem in which constraints of all four categories are considered.
The impact of the shift system on health and quality of life of sleep technicians
2020, Sleep MedicineCitation Excerpt :The psychosocial effects have rarely been measured in comparisons between fixed night and rotating shift workers. The results of this study support the general recommendation to avoid a permanent night shift because of its potential negative psychosocial and health effects [2,3]. The slow rotating group had comparatively favorable health and quality of life profiles in this study.
Do we want to keep working in 12-h shifts? The follow-up of the work schedule change in a Portuguese industrial company
2020, International Journal of Industrial ErgonomicsCitation Excerpt :The implementation of the 2 × 12 h schedule brought the reduction in the number of work shifts per year, though, on average, the number of hours of work per week is the same (42 h). On the other hand, even though the shifts are now longer, the characteristics of the 2 × 12 h schedule are, apparently, in line with some of the main criteria defined under the scope of activity ergonomics and chronobiology (Knauth, 1996; Kundi, 2003; Ferguson and Dawson, 2012). This schedule in 2 × 12 h registers the following conditions: