Healthy working time arrangements for healthcare personnel and patients: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A number of working time arrangements have been linked to negative consequences for both health personnel and their patients. A common hypothesis put forth to explain these findings suggests that certain working time arrangements lead to negative patient consequences due to the adverse impact they have on employee health. The purpose of this study is to use systematic reviews to investigate whether employee health explains the relationship between working time arrangements and patient safety.

Methods

A systematic literature review was performed including published reviews and original studies from MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cinahl and Web of Science investigating working time arrangements for healthcare personnel, employee health and patient safety. In addition, we screen

SUBMITTER: Bernstrom VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6437911 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature