Trainee fatigue: Are new limits on work hours enough?

Trainee fatigue: are new limits on work hours enough?

Hours of work and fatigue in doctors.

A model to predict work-related fatigue based on hours of work.

Several research groups have developed models for estimating the work-related fatigue associated with shiftworkers' duty schedules. In June 2002, invited members of seven of these groups attended the Fatigue and Performance Modeling Workshop in Seattle, WA. At the workshop, each group described the background and conceptual basis of their model, and an independent party compared the models' pre...

Working overtime hours: relations with fatigue, work motivation, and the quality of work.

OBJECTIVES We sought to better understand the relationship between overtime and mental fatigue by taking into account work motivation and the quality of overtime work and studying theoretically derived subgroups. METHODS We conducted a survey-study among a representative sample of the Dutch full-time workforce (n = 1807). The prevalence of overtime work and the associations between overtime a...

Literature Review on Health and Fatigue Issues Associated with Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Hours of Work

Safety is a principal focus of government agencies and private-sector organizations concerned with transportation. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. Formerly a part of the Federal Highway Administration, the FMCSA's primary mission is to...