Sleep quality, personal and work variables and life habits of hospital nurses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5756.3577Keywords:
Occupational Health; Nursing; Shift Work; Sleep; Sleep Disorders; Hospitals.Abstract
Objective: to identify the possible associations between sleep quality,
personal and work variables and the life habits of hospital nurses.
Method: a cross-sectional, exploratory, correlational and quantitative
study, carried out from October to December 2019. The data were
collected with the application of a questionnaire that addressed
the respondents’ personal characteristics, life habits and working
conditions. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Brazilian
Portuguese version, was used to assess sleep quality. Results: the
participants were 42 professionals: 31 (73.8%) women, aged between
26 and 66 years old (mean of 40.2); 61.9% worked overtime; 26.2%
had two employment contracts and 40.5% had absences from work.
Sleep quality was considered good by 9.5% of the participants, poor
by 64.3% and categorized as with sleep disorders by 26.2%. In the
population that worked rotating shifts, this quality was identified as
poor by 26.2%. The worst results were found in the age group from
30 to 39 years old and there was a statistical significance in the “living
with a partner” variable. Conclusion: there was impairment in the
nurses’ sleep quality and there is a need to monitor these workers,
particularly those who work in shifts, in order to provide preventive
measures to mitigate the harms to their health.
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