Dados do Trabalho

Título

Relationship between sleep quality, occupational fatigue and quality of life in urgency and emergency health professionals

Introdução

The provision of health care services is a complex process that is influenced by economic, political and technological conditions, which are capable of increasing work demands and generating consequences, such as occupational and psychosocial risks. Emergency professionals experience situations of high patient demand and complexity, more than one employment relationship, lack of adequate inputs, incorrect staffing and team coordination, which can result in poor quality sleep, fatigue and consequently affect the overall quality of life.

Objetivo

Aim: To evaluate the sleep quality of health professionals from the urgency and emergency services and to associate it with their fatigue and quality of life. The hypothesis was that the poor sleep quality of health professionals in urgency and emergency services are associated with occupational fatigue and had a negative and direct influence on the quality of life of these professionals.

Métodos

Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, and exploratory study. For data collection, five questionnaires were used: sociodemographic information, sleep quality assessment - the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Chalder Fatigue Scale together with the Need for Rest Scale (ENEDE), and WHO quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-bref). The study population consisted of 108 nursing technicians, nurses, and doctors who worked directly in health care in a city in the countryside of Brazil. The Research Ethics Committee approved the study. For the statistical analysis, we used Pearson's Chi-Square Test, Mann-Whitney U Test or Kruskal Wallis and Spearman's correlation.

Resultados

Results: The majority of the participants were women (63%), between 18 and 35 years old (41.7%), and were nursing technicians (50%). It was identified that 72.2% of the participants have poor sleep quality, 67.6% have a high need for rest, and 75.9% are fatigued. The total quality of life mean score was 64.8(11.4). A significant association was observed between poor sleep quality and fatigue, the need for rest, and worse quality of life.

Conclusões

Conclusion: it was identified that health professionals working in urgency and emergency services have poor sleep quality and poor quality of life, high levels of fatigue, and need for rest. These variables are associated with each other, which can directly impact their personal and professional activities

Palavras -chave

Key-words: sleep disorders, fatigue, worker's health, emergency medical services