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Pihla Säynäjäkangas1, Satu Mänttäri, Kirsikka Selander
1From the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland (P.S., S.M., J.L.); and Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Kuopio, Finland (K.S.).
Objective:
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the recovery from work in Finnish home care nurses with objective and subjective recovery measures.
Methods:
Heart rate and heart rate variability recordings were performed in home care nurses over a period of one work shift and the following night. Following the measurements, the participants ( N = 91) answered a questionnaire including questions about their self-rated recovery from work and sleep disturbances.
Results:
The objectively measured recovery was within the recommended heart rate variability range, yet the self-rated recovery from work was only mediocre. Subjective recovery was not associated with objectively measured recovery.
Conclusions:
There is a discrepancy between objectively and subjectively measured recovery from work. Therefore, an additional objective method in occupational field studies, along with questionnaires, is recommended to measure physiological recovery.
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