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Título

SLEEP QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSORS FROM A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN SALVADOR, BAHIA

Introdução

Sleep is a basic and essential human need for the physiological, psychological and behavioral well-being of individuals. Frequent episodes of insuficient sleep can result in behavioral consequences related to the experience of adverse mental and physical well-being. The accumulation of sleep deprivation can lead to reduced cognitive performance, increasing the risk of occupational and automobile accidents.
It is possible to observe that there is research about the consequences and factors associated with sleep quality of college professors; however, there are not many published studies in Brazil that clarify the prevalence and contributing factors to poor sleep quality in university professors.

Objetivo

To investigate sleep quality and the associated factors among professors at a public university of Salvador, Bahia.

Métodos

This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were professors from the Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador. Data were collected by the authors via form they created, which included sociodemographic data and the electronic administration of the following investigation instruments: The Insomnia Severity Index, the Quality of Life and Questionnaire, and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. This project was approved by the research ethics committee under the CAEE 73149723.0.0000.0057

Resultados

A total of 111 professors took part in the study, of which 67,6% females, the average age was 47,3 ± 13,9 years and the average lenght of time in teaching of 22 ± 8,3 years.
The average daily working routine were of 16,0 ± 3,7 hours.
Potential respiratorial problems were identified in 13,5% of the sample, severe insomnia in 5,4%, 42,3% were at the lower threshold for insomnia and 23,5% had moderate clinical insomnia.
Concerning sleep quality, 50,5% showed a bad sleep quality, and 42,3% reported good sleep quality.
Regarding quality of life, the average scores for mental health and social aspects was of 75,71 ± 12,4 and 77,72 ± 2,87 respectively, indicating a decline in the overall status of the professors.

Conclusões

The sleep quality of the professors at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia is mostly poor.
It is believed that the high work demands and longer working daily working hours has contributed to sleep disturbances.
Future research may help in developing health promotion strategies in order to improve sleep quality among college professors.

Palavras -chave

Sleep quality
University Professors
Quality of life