Original scientific paper

SLEEP DISORDER STATUS OF NURSES IN GENERAL HOSPITALS AND ITS INFLUENCING FACTORS

Yanjie Han ; Operating Room, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
Yingzi Yuan ; Operating Room, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
Li Zhang ; Operating Room, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
Yanru Fu ; Operating Room, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the current sleep disorder status of nurses in general hospitals and analyze its
influencing factors.
Subjects and methods: A total of 2,033 nurses who have worked for 6 months in 3 general hospitals, namely, The First Affiliated
Hospital of Harbin Medical University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, and The Third Affiliated
Hospital of Harbin Medical University, were selected by random sampling from April 2015 to November 2015 and investigated. The
Effort–Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI) and Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) were applied to evaluate occupational stress.
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate the sleep disorder status of the research subjects. Logistic
regression analysis was adopted to determine the influencing factors of nurses’ sleep disorders.
Results: The average PSQI score of 2,003 research subjects is 7.26±3.56, including 860 subjects with PSQI ≥8, accounting for
42.9%. The female research subjects in the department of gynecology and obstetrics, emergency department, and ICU show high
risks of sleep disorders (i.e., many years of working; job title: registered nurse; many times of night shift per month; no frequent
exercise; many efforts and few rewards; high decision-making autonomy). Educational background and marital status did not exhibit
statistical relevance with sleep disorders.
Conclusions: The sleep disorder status of nurses in general hospitals is closely related to occupational stress. As such, nurse
managers should focus more attention to the influencing factors of nurses’ sleep disorders and relieve their occupational stress to
reduce the occurrence rate of sleep disorders.

Keywords

nurse; sleep disorder; occupational stress; general hospital; influencing factor

Hrčak ID:

175464

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/175464

Publication date:

7.6.2016.

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