Work schedule characteristics and injury risk: a systematic review of quick returns and long shifts
Summary
Synthesized studies linking <11‑hour returns and long shifts with injuries, errors, and sleepiness across sectors including health care.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
A systematic review how rotation direction, quick‑returns, and long duties maps findings showing sleep & alertness and injuries for night‑shift workers and night owls. Patterns in the data make ‘quick returns’ and rotation direction concrete risk features rather than abstract policy terms. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.
Notes
Precursor to several payroll‑linked cohort studies.