Authors
Maria Cruz Rodriguez-Jareño, Evangelia Demou, Sergio Vargas-Prada, Kaveh A Sanati, Alenka Škerjanc, Pedro G Reis, Ritva Helimäki-Aro, Ewan B Macdonald, Consol Serra
Publication date
2014/7/1
Source
BMJ open
Volume
4
Issue
7
Pages
e004916
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objective
To summarise the available scientific evidence on the health effects of exposure to working beyond the limit number of hours established by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on physicians.
Design
A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and EMBASE. Study selection, quality appraisal and data extraction were carried out by independent pairs of researchers using pre-established criteria.
Setting
Physicians of any medical, surgical or community specialty, working in any possible setting (hospitals, primary healthcare, etc), as well as trainees, residents, junior house officers or postgraduate interns, were included.
Participants
The total number of participants was 14 338.
Primary and secondary outcome measures
Health effects classified under the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
Results
Over 3000 citations and 110 full articles were reviewed. From these …
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