The effect of night shift working in teenage students on their cardiorespiratory fitness, quality of life, and mental health
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Children in many countries are facing premature employment and illegal labor forces, which affect their physical development, quality of life, mind, emotion, and society. This study aimed to investigate the effect of levels of night shift working on cardiorespiratory fitness together with the quality of life and mental health problems. Ninety-six teenagers, aged between 15-18 years, were divided into a non-night shift and night shift working groups divided by the intensity of work. This study used the YMCA step tests, the Health Survey Short Form 36 (SF-36), the Thai Perceived Stress Scale-10 (T-PSS-10), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D), the Thai version. This study found that heartbeat count has increased, from the YMCA step test, in working girls compared with non-working girls (p<0.05). The level of cardiorespiratory endurance has shown a “very good” category in the non-working group was 33.3% and would decrease according to the intensity of work, i.e., 28.6%, 8.3%, and 11.3% (low, moderate, and high intensity respectively). Results from the ‘Health Survey Short’ Form 36 found that the scores of Role-emotional categories in working groups were significantly higher than in non-working groups (p<0.05). Moreover, mental health problems assessed from stress and depression screening tests at a heavy level were mostly found in the numbers of the night shift working teenagers. The night shift working may affect cardiorespiratory endurance in girls. However, a number of teenagers having depression and high stress were found in the night shift working group more than in the other groups.
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