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. 2021 Mar 23;12:638252. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638252

Table 1.

Characteristics of prevalence studies of shift work disorder.

References Country Shift sample Shift type SWD A Night work n n (Female) n (Male) Age range Age M ±SD T Prev % RR %
Anbazhagan et al. (2016) India Nurses ≥1 year experience ICSD-2 Yes 130 130 Most 30–40 27.4 ± 2.6 43.1
Asaoka et al. (2013) Japan Nurses 2 and 3 shifts ICSD-2 No 993 993 30.0 ± 8.0 24.4 80.5
Barger et al. (2015) United
States
Firefighters At least 1 night past month ICSD-2 Yes 5,771 9.1 58.6
Booker et al. (2020) Australia Nurses Rotating or permanent work, ≥15 h per week ICSD-2 Yes 202 192 10 21–65 35.3 ± 12.0 29.2 42.5
Chen et al. (2020) China Nurses 2, 3, and random ICSD-3 No 637 637 16–24 17.8 ± 1.5 37.7 95.2
Di Milia et al. (2013) Australia Community All, no required position ICSD-2 No 1,163 623 540 18–75 45.3 ± 11.2 15.1 50.0
Drake et al. (2004) United
States
Community Rotating and nights past 2 weeks ICSD-2 Yes 449 10.0 70.1
Fadeyi et al. (2018) Nigeria Nurses Rotating ICSD-2 Yes 44 32 12 26–45 43.2 96.7
Flo et al. (2012) Norway Nurses All, ≥50% position ICSD-2 No 1,968 1,773 187 21-63 33.1 ± 8.1 37.6 38.1
Francy et al. (2019) India Nurses 3 shifts ICSD-2 Yes 120 120 22–42 27.1 ± 3.9 15.8 80.0
Haile et al. (2019) Ethiopia Nurses 2 and 3 shifts ICSD-2 Yes 399 217 182 20–58 27.5 ± 5.6 25.6 94.3
Inoue et al. (2000) Japan Industry Not specified ICSD-1 Yes 332 18 314 37.9 ± 10.2 33.1 86.1
Joseph et al. (2018) India Nurses 3 shifts ICSD-3 Yes 60 20–35 (91.6%) 0.0
Kalmbach et al. (2015) United
States
Community Rotating ICSD-3 Yes 96 60 47.9 ± 13.3 18.8
Kerkhof (2018) The Netherlands Community Rotating, permanent early morning, permanent night ICSD-3 No 250 21–60 12.4
Kim et al. (2006) South
Korea
Nurses Rotating ICSD-2 Yes 87 32.2
Lahtinen et al. (2019) Finland Airline Early morning or night and evenings ICSD-3 No 26 26 44.9 ± 9.0 65.4 100.0
Li and Fan (2018) China Industry Not specified ICSD-2 Yes 335 31.3
Mizuno et al. (2016) Japan Flight controllers ≥3 nights work per month ICSD-2 Yes 30 1 46.7 71.2
Rajaratnam et al. (2011) United
States, Canada
Police ≥1 night past month ICSD-2 Yes 1,861 14.5
Shi and Fan (2018) China Nurses Not specified ICSD-2 Yes 664 17.8 ± 1.6 35.8
Stamatiou et al. (2016) Greece Health Rotating, 32 h ICSD-2 No 58 27–61 36.6 36.2 70.4
Tangkumnerd (2018) Thailand Nurses All ICSD-2 No 205 193 12 22–55 32.5 ± 7.3 23.9 74.2
Taniyama et al. (2015) Japan Industry Rotating ICSD-2 Yes 363 363 20–62 42.0 ± 8.8 62.8 82.0
Vanttola et al. (2020) Finland Hospital ≥3 nights per month ICSD-2, ICSD-3 No 4,814 4,381 19–67 42.8 ± 11.5 ICSD-2: 24.1; ICSD-3: 7.3 69.0
Voinescu (2018) Romania Various All ICSD-3 No 488 351 137 18–65 32.6 ± 11.4 2.3 40.6
Vora et al. (2019) India Doctors, nurses Not specified ICSD-3 No 216 31.8 ± 7.7 22.2 61.7
Waage et al. (2009) Norway Oil rig workers Swing ICSD-2 Yes 103 5 98 19–59 39.8 ± 10.2 23.3 78.8
Zaki et al. (2016) Egypt Nurses 3 shifts and rotating ICSD-2 Yes 150 150 20–35 84.0 53.6

ICSD, International Classification of Sleep Disorders; Prev, prevalence; RR, response rate; SWDA, shift work disorder assessment; Waage et al. (2009).

Personal communication; Night work, whether or not all in the sample had a work schedule including night work.