[The fitness for shift work of operators working according to schedules with a rapid shift rotation]

Integral parameter of professional capacity for work in day and night shifts were studied in 52 operators of heat electric power stations and compared with the results of sociopsychologic questioning. 19% of the operators having higher work capacity in the night shift than in the day one (according to integral parameter) were characterized by lower anxiety, better mood and sleep, and lesser fatigue during the night shift than 19% of examinees, whose night working capacity was lower in comparison with the day shift. The rest 62% of the operators showed a stable level of capacity for work during day and night shifts, their position according to the sociopsychologic parameters is intermediate.