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Using the Analytic Network Process Method for Prioritizing and Weighing Shift Work Disorders Among the Personnel of Hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Cover

Using the Analytic Network Process Method for Prioritizing and Weighing Shift Work Disorders Among the Personnel of Hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

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|Oct 2018

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Criteria and sub-criteria of ANP.

CriteriaSub-criteria
Sleep disordersSleeplessness or frequent wake-up during sleep
Use of hypnotics
Personal life disordersRest
Exercise
Family life disordersLack of enough time for doing household chores
Attending to children and parents
Attendance in familial ceremonies
Mental disordersHeadache and dizziness
Anger
Impatience
Depression
Digestive disordersIncreased/decreased appetite
Constipation
Ulcers
Cardiovascular disordersDyspnea
High blood pressure
Low blood pressure
Musculoskeletal disordersSore neck
Backache
Sore leg and knee
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Figure 1

The network structure for prioritizing and weighing.

Table 2

Pairwise comparison scale.

Scale of importanceCrisp scoreReciprocal of crisp score
Equal importance11
Moderate3.33
Strong importance5.20
Very strong importance7.14
Extremely preferred9.11
Table 3

Average RCI based on matrix size.

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RCI00.52.891.111.251.351.401.451.49
Table 4

Demographic information of the study sample (n = 300).

VariablesFrequencyPercentage
GenderMale300100
Marital statusSingle8428
Married21672
Work experienceLess than 5 years9531.6
5–10 years10334.4
11–20 years6722.4
21–30 years3511.6
Age range24–30 years13043.4
31–409632
41–507424.6
Shift work selectionVoluntary5418
Obligatory24682
Shift work satisfactionYes18662
No11438
Table 5

Normalized weight for shift work disorders (criteria) and sub-criteria in the first group (nurses working 8-hour shifts).

GroupCriterionCriterion weightSub-criterionSub-criterion weight
The first group: nurses working 8-hour shiftsSleep disorders0.297Sleeplessness or frequent wake-up during sleep0.633
Use of hypnotics0.366
Personal life disorders0.122Rest0.634
exercise0.365
Family life disorder0.113Lack of enough time for doing household chores0.745
Attending to children and parents0.146
Attendance in familial ceremonies0.108
Mental disorders0.275Headache and dizziness0.052
Anger0.194
Impatience0.133
Depression0.619
Digestive disorders0.137Increased/decreased appetite0.273
Constipation0.104
Ulcers0.621
Cardiovascular diseases0.032Dyspnea0.600
High blood pressure0.082
Low blood pressure0.317
Musculoskeletal disorders0.024Sore neck0.089
Backache0.632
Sore leg and knee0.278
Table 6

Normalized weight for shift work disorders (criteria) and sub-criteria in the second group (support personnel working 12–24 hour shift patterns).

GroupCriterionCriterion weightSub-criterionSub-criterion weight
The second group: support personnel working 12–24 hour shift patternsSleep disorders0.252Sleeplessness or frequent wake-up during sleep0.546
Use of hypnotics0.454
Personal life disorders0.167Rest0.567
exercise0.433
Family life disorder0.120Lack of enough time for doing household chores0.672
Attending to children and parents0.116
Attendance in familial ceremonies0.212
Mental disorders0.164Headache and dizziness0.095
Anger0.236
Impatience0.147
Depression0.522
Digestive disorders0.198Increased/decreased appetite0.284
Constipation0.215
Ulcers0.501
Cardiovascular diseases0.067Dyspnea0.526
High blood pressure0.196
Low blood pressure0.278
Musculoskeletal disorders0.033Sore neck0.329
Backache0.475
Sore leg and knee0.196
Table 7

Normalized weight for shift work disorders (criteria) and sub-criteria in the third group (security personnel working 24–48 hour shift patterns).

GroupCriterionCriterion weightSub-criterionSub-criterion weight
The second group: support personnel working 12–24 hour shift patternsSleep disorders0.201Sleeplessness or frequent wake-up during sleep0.785
Use of hypnotics0.215
Personal life disorders0.145Rest0.477
exercise0.523
Family life disorder0.121Lack of enough time for doing household chores0.411
Attending to children and parents0.361
Attendance in familial ceremonies0.228
Mental disorders0.174Headache and dizziness0.109
Anger0.278
Impatience0.198
Depression0.415
Digestive disorders0.186Increased/decreased appetite0.312
Constipation0.206
Ulcers0.482
Cardiovascular diseases0.075Dyspnea0.389
High blood pressure0.227
Low blood pressure0.384
Musculoskeletal disorders0.098Sore neck0.175
Backache0.423
Sore leg and knee0.402
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcr.163 | Journal eISSN: 1740-3391
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2018
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2018
Published on: Oct 4, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Sajad Zare, Hossein Elahi Shirvan, Rasoul Hemmatjo, Mohammad Faridan, Masoud Hajghani, Behzad Fouladi Dehaghi, published by Ubiquity Press
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