[The combined effect of work stress, fatigue and circadian rhythms on the efficiency of mental activity in operators]. 1998

N A Bobko, and O V Karpenko, and V I Cherniuk
Institute for Occupational Health, Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev.

Using the multiple psychophysiological testing for 73 Chornobyl NPP control room operators (N = 1270 subject tests) there were revealed, that the information processing effectiveness significantly decreases during night shift, whereas during morning and evening shifts it is maintaining at the constant level practically. This is caused, on the one hand, by the circadian rhythms peculiarities of the different occupationally vital performance parameters (performance speed functions deteriorate under the absence of the improvement of others at night, while at the day time there are observed the different directioned changes for the different functions), on the other hand--by the more sensitivity of the body to the fatigue and work tension at night. The significant expression of the manifestation of natural circadian rhythms in the variations of the professionally important parameters of the operators' mental activity has been connected with the increased influence of the unfavourable factors on the workers' functional body state. There are revealed the more sensitivity of the information processing speed parameters to the fatigue in comparison with an accuracy, and the more sensitivity of the mental activity accuracy to the lengthy supported level of the nervous-emotional work tension in comparison with a speed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008606 Mental Processes Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. Information Processing, Human,Human Information Processing
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009784 Occupational Diseases Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment. Diseases, Occupational,Occupational Illnesses,Disease, Occupational,Illnesse, Occupational,Illnesses, Occupational,Occupational Disease,Occupational Illnesse
D011210 Power Plants Units that convert some other form of energy into electrical energy. Electric Power Plants,Hydroelectric Power Plants,Thermoelectric Power Plants,Electric Power Plant,Hydroelectric Power Plant,Plant, Electric Power,Plant, Hydroelectric Power,Plant, Power,Plant, Thermoelectric Power,Plants, Electric Power,Plants, Hydroelectric Power,Plants, Power,Plants, Thermoelectric Power,Power Plant,Power Plant, Electric,Power Plant, Hydroelectric,Power Plant, Thermoelectric,Power Plants, Electric,Power Plants, Hydroelectric,Power Plants, Thermoelectric,Thermoelectric Power Plant
D011603 Psychophysiology The study of the physiological basis of human and animal behavior. Mind-Body Relations (Physiology),Psychology, Physiological,Mind-Body Relationship (Physiology),Physiologic Psychology,Physiological Psychology,Psychology, Physiologic,Mind Body Relations (Physiology),Mind Body Relationship (Physiology),Mind-Body Relation (Physiology),Mind-Body Relationships (Physiology),Physiologic Psychologies,Psychologies, Physiologic,Relation, Mind-Body (Physiology),Relations, Mind-Body (Physiology),Relationship, Mind-Body (Physiology),Relationships, Mind-Body (Physiology)
D002940 Circadian Rhythm The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli. Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D004526 Efficiency Ratio of output to effort and or resources, or the ratio of effort and or resources produced to energy expended. Productivity
D005221 Fatigue The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli. Lassitude
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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