• Deepak Kansal
• Prof. R. K. Gupta
• Dr. Kapil Dev

Working in night shifts has never been an easy task for workers. Primarily, because of biological cycle or popularly known as circadian rhythm, our body is built to work during day and sleep at night. Hence, physical and mental health problems are faced by workers who work at night shifts and sleep during daytime. The problems rather multiply for females working in night shifts mainly because of dual responsibility of office and domestic work. Empirical research in many foreign countries has found evidences of health related complications among female night shift workers more than their male counterparts. To examine the same, this study has been conducted on 255 male and 133 female workers working in night shifts in call centres. This study has been conducted in three cities namely Chandigarh Panchkula and Mohali. Results have indicated that some specific problems like eyesight, chest infection, hypertension, loss of appetite and backache have been reported more in case of female workers. However for other problems like sleep disorder, depression, stomach related problems, obesity etc. have similar instances among all workers and so female workers were not significantly different from Male workers.

Night Shift, Insomnia, Sleep Disorders, Health Effects

"Health Effects of Working in Night Shifts – A Study of Male and Female Employees at Call Centres", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.1505-1510, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902E14.pdf

"Health Effects of Working in Night Shifts – A Study of Male and Female Employees at Call Centres", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp1505-1510, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902E14.pdf