Open AccessThe impact of junior doctors’ worktime arrangements on their fatigue and well-being
Author(s) -
Philip Tucker,
Menna Brown,
Anna Dahlgren,
Gwyneth Davies,
P Ebden,
Simon Folkard,
Hayley Hutchings,
Torbjörn Åkerstedt
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.2985
Subject(s) - working time , working hours , working memory , work (physics) , medicine , psychology , work schedule , schedule , directive , physical therapy , psychiatry , computer science , engineering , cognition , economics , operating system , programming language , mechanical engineering , labour economics
Many doctors report working excessively demanding schedules that comply with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). We compared groups of junior doctors working on different schedules in order to identify which features of schedule design most negatively affected their fatigue and well-being in recent weeks.