Härmä M, Kandolin I
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
J Hum Ergol (Tokyo). 2001 Dec;30(1-2):287-93.
The working population is aging fast in most European countries and in the USA. The health and well-being of an elderly shift worker depends on the interaction of several individual, medical, psychosocial and job-related factors. These factors are related to the biological ageing process, but also to changes in one's individual life situation and the needs of the ageing shift worker. The evidence of good age-specific solutions in working hours is limited, but the few published intervention studies support the use of individual flexibility, rapid forward rotating shift systems, and earlier shift start-end times in three-shift work. In addition to the development of shift schedules, the counter-measures to improve the health and well-being of ageing shift workers should be focused on the improvement of occupational health care and the promotion of appropriate coping mechanisms for the aging.
在大多数欧洲国家和美国，劳动人口正在迅速老龄化。老年轮班工作者的健康和幸福取决于多个个人、医学、心理社会和与工作相关的因素之间的相互作用。这些因素不仅与生物衰老过程有关，还与个人生活状况的变化以及老年轮班工作者的需求有关。关于适合特定年龄段的工作时间解决方案的证据有限，但少数已发表的干预研究支持在三班制工作中采用个人灵活性、快速向前轮换轮班制度以及更早的轮班开始和结束时间。除了制定轮班时间表外，改善老年轮班工作者健康和幸福的应对措施应侧重于改善职业卫生保健以及促进老年人适当的应对机制。
