Hospital physicians´ working hour characteristics and sleep quality: a cross-sectional analysis of realized working hour and survey data

• Main Authors: Kati Karhula (Author), Aki Koskinen (Author), Jenni Ervasti (Author), Tarja Hakola (Author), Veli-Matti Isoviita (Author), Ilkka Kivimäki (Author), Sampsa Puttonen (Author), Tuula Oksanen (Author), Mikko Härmä (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hospital physicians' work includes on-call duties to provide 24/7 health care. Previous studies using self-reported survey data have associated long working hours and on-call work with sleep difficulties. To reduce recall bias, we complemented survey data with payroll-based...