• How to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks 

      Garde, Anne Helene; Begtrup, Luise; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Bonde, Jens Peter; Hansen, Johnni; Hansen, Åse Marie; Härmä, Mikko; Jensen, Marie Aarrebo; Kecklund, Göran; Kolstad, Henrik A.; Larsen, Ann Dyreborg; Lie, Jenny-Anne Sigstad; Moreno, Claudia; Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten; Sallinen, Mikael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objectives This discussion paper aims to provide scientifically based recommendations on night shift schedules, including consecutive shifts, shift intervals and duration of shifts, which may reduce health and safety risks. ...
    • Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study 

      Katsifaraki, Maria; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Christensen, Jan Olav; Wærsted, Morten; Knardahl, Stein; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Härmä, Mikko; Matre, Dagfinn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objectives To determine whether nurses working consecutive night shifts, or short transitions between shifts (quick returns (QRs)), yielded higher risk for pain complaints when compared with regular morning shifts. Sleep ...
    • Shift work with and without night shifts and breast cancer risk in a cohort study from Finland 

      Härmä, Mikko; Ojajärvi, Anneli; Koskinen, Aki; Lie, Jenny-Anne; Hansen, Johnni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives To examine the association of shift work with and without night work with breast cancer among women in the public sector. Methods Using the Finnish Public Sector cohort study (N=33 359, mean age of 40.6 years ...