Background and Objective: There is significant relationship between sleep quality and quality of the duty services
among nurses. Since the nurses are the most prominent groups in providing
health care for patients, so they should enjoy themselves high quality of life
and sleep. The purpose of this study is to
assess the sleep pattern and related factors among hospitals’ nurses of Zahedan University of
Medical Sciences.
Materials
and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 300 individuals
got a bachelor's degree in nursing that have been employed in hospitals of
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected using
unstructured information form, Pittsburgh sleep quality index and Epworth
sleepiness scale. Data analysis was done with descriptive and
t-independent, ANOVA, Pearson correlation and logistic Regression test.
Results: About
22.1 % of the participants were men. Mean and standard deviation of age and history of
job were 31.63±6.61 and 7.55±6.79, respectively. This study showed that the sleep
quality were suitable in only 51(17%) nurses. However, only 32.6% of nurses had
sleepiness. The quality of life were high among only 32(10.7%) of nurses. In
univariate analysis, the sleep quality was related with the sex, age, monthly
income, marital status, working shift pattern, history of work error and type
of insurance and the sleepiness was related to marital status and history of
work error (p<0.05).Multiple logistic regression showed that only marital
status, age and working shift pattern affect both sleep quality and sleepiness.
Conclusion: Findings showed that sleep quality is not suitable among
nurses. Regarding the importance of sleep quality among nurses, it is recommended,
recruiting more nurses and reducing the duration of working shift and increasing
the number of nurses in each working shift.
Key words: Sleep pattern, Nurses, sleep quality
Funding:
This research was funded by Research Committee of Zahedan
University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict
of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
approved the study.
How to cite this
article: Ansari H, Norozi M, Rezaei F, Barkhordar N. Assessment
of Sleep Pattern among Hospitals’ Nurses of Zahedan University of Medical
Sciences in 2011. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015 13(11): 1021-32. [Farsi]
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