Research
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Female gender is associated with a lower risk of Shift Work Disorder symptoms compared to male gender in this nursing population.
While women are often thought to be more vulnerable to shift work, this study found female nurses had a lower risk of SWD symptoms than male nurses. This may reflect selection bias in the nursing profession.
ModerateRefutesMEDIUM confidence
Gender was associated with symptoms of SWD, with females showing a lower risk. ... Flexibility and gender (male coded 0 and female coded 1) remained negatively related to SWD in the adjusted analysis (p<.001 and p<.05, respectively).
Why this rating
Observational finding with potential confounding (gender distribution in nursing).
Source
Shift Work Disorder in Nurses – Assessment, Prevalence and Related Health Problems
Elisabeth Flo et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0033981
cross_sectional · n=1968Cited 320×
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