How does sleep deprivation, due to night work, affects health care professionals’ quality of life

• Author(s): Jesus, André ; Freitas, Mónica ; Gonçalves, Francisca
• Date: 2015
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/20109
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Description

Sleep deprivation in health care professionals, as a result of night shifts, is a very popular subject nowadays due to resulting consequences on their quality of life, both on a personal and social level. Lack of organization of night shifts working schedules with no consideration for personal needs represent a physical and mental risk for healthcare professionals and for patients who benefit from the health care service (Niu, S., et al., 2011).