The relationship between shift work and sleep patterns in nurses

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Milva Maria Figueiredo De Martino²  Ana Cristina Basto Abreu¹  Manuel Fernando Dos Santos Barbosa¹  João Eduardo Marques Teixeira¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Departamento de enfermagem Campinas SP

关键词: Sleep;    Shift work;    Nurses;    Circadian rhythm;    Worker's health;    Sono;    Trabalho em turnos;    Enfermeiros;    Ritmo circadiano;    Saúde do trabalhador;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232013000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The scope of this study was to evaluate the sleep/wake cycle in shift work nurses, as well as their sleep quality and chronotype. The sleep/wake cycle was evaluated by keeping a sleep diary for a total of 60 nurses with a mean age of 31.76 years. The Horne & Östberg Questionnaire (1976) for the chronotype and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for sleep quality were applied. The results revealed a predominance of indifferent chronotypes (65.0%), followed by moderately evening persons (18.3%), decidedly evening persons (8.3%), moderately morning persons (6.6%) and decidedly morning persons (1.8%). The sleep quality perception was analyzed by the visual analogical scale, showing a mean score of 5.85 points for nighttime sleep and 4.70 points for daytime sleep, which represented a statistically significant difference. The sleep/wake schedule was also statistically different when considering weekdays and weekends. The PSQI showed a mean of 7.0 points, characterizing poor sleep quality. The results showed poor sleep quality in shift work nurses, possibly due to the lack of sport and shift work habits.

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