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Occupational Health 2018
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
Page 46
May 28-29, 2018
London, UK
4
th
Edition of International Conference on
Occupational Health and
Safety
W
ealth does not correlate with health, neither does the ability
to work longer hours and night-shift determine the level of
one’swealth. It is important toconsider healthandsafetyfirstwhen
accepting new job schedule or offers. This study investigates how
night-shift schedule has contributed to workers’ poor well-being,
quality of life and marriages. One-hundred thirty-nine night-shift
workers voluntarily participated in the study. Respondents were
grouped into three age categories: 18-34, 35-54, and 55-74.
Responses were quantified and an adequate statistics analyses
were runon thedata. Results revealed that 29%of the respondents
felt depressed and 62% were shown to have low energy after
work night-shift schedule. The risk of divorce among the married
respondents is 1-person in every 10-workers. Poor appetite
revealed 1 out of every 4-workers and 1 out of 2-workers have
the risk of loosen interest in their usual activities. Fifteen percent
reported having very bad quality of life. Twenty-nine percent of
the respondents revealed having concentration problems. The
paired t-test results reveal that night-shift schedule in one way or
another has a statistically significant effect on the workers well-
being who work on night shift (t = 23.5, df = 138,
p
<
0.0001
). The
level of divorce, poor quality of life, less interest in usual activities
and health issues as a result of workers’ schedule suggest the
need for better work schedule structuring. The findings from this
study highlight potential damages night-shift schedule has done
to human well-being and life style in general.
Biography
Fasanya B K has Doctorate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University, with the specialties including Ergonomics and
Human Factors and Occupational Health and Safety. He worked as a Senior
Research Associate with the US Army in the Division of Auditory Protection
and Performances. His research interests include Occupational Health and
Safety, Ergonomics/Human Factors, Workers’ well-being, Noise Assess-
ment, Auditory protection and performances, Lean and Six Sigma Princi-
ples, and Data Analysis. He is particularly interested in analyzing how noise
exposure, stress, time, work activities and gender differences affect human
behavior/performances in different environments, (natural or man-made)
fbankole@pnw.eduThe safety concerns of night shift schedule: implications for
family, homes and human health
Fasanya B K
1
, Shofoluwe M
2
and
Olusola A Olaniyi
3
1
Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, USA
2
North Caroline Agricultural and Technical State University, USA
3
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Fasanya B K, J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C2-005