Table 1

Demographic characteristics, work conditions and sleep and mental health status in workers with different shift types

 Day shift only With night shift
All (N=16 440)Fixed (n=14 444)Rotating (n=441)Fixed (n=219)Rotating (n=1336)p Value
Demographic characteristics
Age (years) (mean±SD)41.0±10.141.2±10.140.2±10.539.4±10.239.5±9.9<0.001
Female gender (%)44.345.953.132.026.1<0.001
Education (%)<0.001
 Primary5.45.66.15.02.6 
 Secondary61.560.365.577.670.9 
 University33.134.128.317.426.8 
Work characteristics
Work hours per week (%)<0.001
 <407.17.018.43.25.5 
 =4051.053.329.022.437.4 
 40–4928.727.634.546.635.0 
 49–608.68.212.911.010.8 
 ≥604.73.85.216.911.5 
Job control score (mean±SD)49.8±13.850.1±13.848.7±14.244.9±13.448.1±12.9<0.001
Job demands score (mean±SD)52.2±13.351.9±13.252.3±13.552.3±12.855.6±14.2<0.001
Workplace justice score (mean±SD)59.6±15.759.9±15.658.4±14.653.3±19.157.7±16.1<0.001
Workplace violence (%)10.09.114.316.417.2<0.001
Job insecurity (%)51.751.364.258.050.70.046
Sleep and mental health status
Total sleep duration (hours) (mean±SD)7.30±1.07.32±0.97.33±1.06.96±1.27.17±1.1<0.001
Insomnia (%)13.312.615.722.818.0<0.001
Burnout score (mean±SD)28.5±20.928.1±20.729.9±21.434.5±22.732.4±22.3<0.001
Minor mental disorder (%)16.015.318.124.220.9<0.001
  • The t-tests were adopted for continuous variables and χ2 tests for categorical variables.