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Quiz: Do you have shift work disorder?

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Shift Work Disorder can affect your own health as well as your ability to take care of your patients. Take this quiz and see if you have the symptoms of Shift Work Disorder.
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Do you often feel excessively tired, fatigued and not as alert as you could be?



Do you have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep?



Do you often ignore your body clock by not strategically timing your naps or not being aware of your total sleeping hours per day?



Do you find yourself making more errors at work than usual due to lack of focus and general sense of fatigue?



Have you frequently suffered from heartburn or indigestion?



Have you been experiencing unexplained weight gain?



If you're a female, have you been experiencing irregular menstrual cycles?



Do you find it difficult to stay awake at the wheel?



Do you feel tired no matter how much sleep you try to get?



Is this statement true about you: "I've never heard of a circadian sleep-wake rhythm."





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