Dados do Trabalho

Título

SLEEP QUALITY, SLEEPINESS AND CHRONOTYPE OF PROFESSORS FROM A BRAZILIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

Introdução

Recent studies have indicated that public universities professors have been suffering changes in sleep patterns due to their work demands. However, more evidence is necessary to understand this association, as well as proposing strategies to improve their sleep quality.

Objetivo

Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the sleep quality of professors from a federal university in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Métodos

This is a cross-sectional study with quantitative approach. The research was conducted with a sample of 36 professors from a public university located at Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil. Descriptive and hypothesis testing were carried out with the following instruments: sociodemographic questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Morning-Evening Questionnaire (MEQ) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).

Resultados

MEQ identified that most of the professors are moderate morning type (58.35%) and intermediate (25%) . ESS revealed a prevalence of 30.6% of excessive daytime sleepiness and PSQI identified poor sleep quality in 58.30% of the sample. Pearson’s correlation test showed significant negative correlation between MEQ and ESS scores (r= -0.35, p=0.041), and Spearman’s correlation test showed significant positive correlation between PSQI score and age (rho= 0.34, p=0.045).

Conclusões

Our results suggest that most of the professors are moderate morning types (58.35%) and have poor quality of sleep (58.30%). In addition, the higher MEQ score is (morning type subjects) the lower is the probability to develop daytime sleepiness (subjects lower ESS scores) and Spearman’s correlation test showed that professors with higher age have poor quality of sleep according to PSQI scores.

Palavras -chave

Chronotype. University professors. Sleep. Sleep quality.