EFFECTS OF ALTERNATING DAY-NIGHT SHIFTS ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN FEMALE HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS

Pinar CAKAN, Sedat YILDIZ, Ozlem BARUTCU, Cihat UCAR

Dynamic Medical Theories - 2026;2(1):15-26

Health Sciences University, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, İstanbul

 

The study aimed to determine whether alternating day-night and night-day shift schedules differentially affect inflammatory markers, endocrine and stress responses, sleep characteristics, and visual attention performance compared with regular daytime work in female health-care professionals.