Decreased psychomotor vigilance of female shift workers after working night shifts.

<h4>Background</h4>We compared psychomotor vigilance in female shift workers of the Bergmannsheil University Hospital in Bochum, Germany (N = 74, 94% nurses) after day and night shifts.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants performed a 3-minute Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) test bou...

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Main Authors: Thomas Behrens, Katarzyna Burek, Dirk Pallapies, Leoni Kösters, Martin Lehnert, Alexandra Beine, Katharina Wichert, Thomas Kantermann, Céline Vetter, Thomas Brüning, Sylvia Rabstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219087