TY - JOUR AU - Pipatkulchai, Daranee AU - Pituksung, Auengporn AU - Chimchalong, Ratree AU - Namthep, Janthana PY - 2021/09/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Chronotypes and Scheduling Needs of Nurses Operating in University-Affliated Hospitals JF - The Journal of Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council JA - J Thai Nurse midwife Counc VL - 36 IS - 04 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJONC/article/view/251740 SP - 131-145 AB - <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Objective</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">To examine university-affliated hospital nurses’ chronotypes and corresponding shift-scheduling needs</span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong> Design</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Descriptive study</span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong> Methodology</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The sample consisted of 831 nurses having served in the nursing divisions of university-affliated hospitals for a minimum of one year and assigned to at least one afternoon or night shift per month. Data were collected using a questionnaire distributed and retrieved via Google Form. The questionnaire consisted of three parts: 1) the demographic data form; 2) the scheduling needs survey; and 3) the Thai version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (T-MEQ). The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and a chi-square test. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The majority of the nurses (64.7%) exhibited the intermediate chronotype, which correlated significantly to the need to be assigned to work sessions that overlapped night shifts, 10-hour-per-day work, assignment to one shift type, work experience, types of patients under care, marital status, and personal responsibilities (p &lt; 0.05). Concerning scheduling needs, slightly over half of the nurses (51.4%) preferred the morning shift, about three-fourths (73.9%) preferred sessions overlapping the morning shift, and nearly all (93.5%) wished they could choose when to have holidays. Also, a huge majority of the nurses (90.5%) wanted to avoid being rotated or seconded to a different division, whilst nearly two-thirds (65.8%) wanted to avoid being assigned to only one shift type. Work experience, types of patients under care, marital status, and personal responsibilities correlated significantly to shift-scheduling needs and assignment to one shift type (p &lt; 0.05). </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>Recommendations</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">It is recommended that hospital administrators and ward managers survey the nurses’ chronotypes and scheduling needs, offer them opportunities to choose the shift types, and make shift scheduling more flexible.</span></p> ER -