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An individual's capacity to anticipate working schedules and to set up coping mechanisms is investigated. Anticipatory responses, rather than compensatory responses, are given more emphasis because they reveal more of the worker's ability to cope with the temporal challenges of shift systems. Generally, people who are well-adapted to their shift schedules have a more regular choice of sleep onsettimes.

The day- and shiftworkers' of two Brazilian petrochemical plants are studied for the way their leisure time are spent. Results show that shiftworkers and dayworkers have significant differences on almost all frequencies of the 14 most commonly mentioned leisure activities. Moreover, the two most mentioned activities are meals with the family and home television viewing. However, the results of the data analyses are not sufficient to conclude anything.

Introduction: Work organization patterns and working conditions experienced by nursing personnel in the hospital settings may be associated to increased morbidity among these health workers. Aim: To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with self-reported diseases among nursing personnel at the emergency hospital in Rio Branco/State of Acre, Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 272 participants who answered a questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, working conditions, lifestyles, work ability, and a fatigue perception scale. The selfreported diseases in the 12 months prior to data collection were considered the dependent variable. Results: A total of 85.7% of the participants reported one or more diseases in the past 12 months. Most prevalent diseases were: musculoskeletal diseases (37.1%), digestive diseases (28.7%), mental disorders (28.3%), work injuries (27.9%), and respiratory diseases (26.8%). The following significant variables remained in the final model: high work demands (OR 2.69), reported fatigue (OR 3.59), night work (OR 6.55) and being a technician or nursing assistant (OR 4.23). Conclusions: Variables related to working conditions and work organization were associated with the occurrence of reported diseases among nursing professionals. Health promotion measures at work require a comprehensive approach including the working conditions and the work organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]