Abstract
Older workers and irregular working hours – a literature study Older workers and irregular working hours – a literature study This article explores the suggestion that older people would be less tolerant to shift work. Field studies on age-shift work interaction effects on sleep, fatigue, performance, accidents, and health were reviewed. We also reviewed studies on age-shift (morning, afternoon, night) and age-shift system (roster) interactions. In ten studies shift and day workers were compared and interactions with age were addressed. Three studies reported more problems in older people, two studies reported opposite results, while in five studies no significant age-shift work interaction was observed. From across-shift-comparisons (six studies) we deduced that older compared to younger workers have more sleep problems with night shifts, while the opposite is true for morning shifts. This review did find some differences between older and younger workers, but did not find evidence for the suggestion of more shift work problems in older workers.
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