Assessment of the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome among healthcare workers.

Autor:	Aydın Güçlü Ö; Clinic of Chest Diseases, Boyabat 75th Year State Hospital, Sinop, Turkey., Karadağ M; Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine,Uludag University Bursa, Turkey., İntepe YS; Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey., Acıcan T; Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Arslan S; Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey., Sertoğullarından B; Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tuberkuloz ve toraks [Tuberk Toraks] 2019 Mar; Vol. 67 (1), pp. 47-54.
DOI:	10.5578/tt.68166
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Sleep deprivation is known to increase the risks for workplace accidents, neuro-behavioural symptoms and reduced quality of life. Shift work leads to sleep related problems, such as sleep deprivation, poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. The purpose of our study is to assess snoring prevalence and obstructive sleep apnoea risk among healthcare workers (HCWs) by using the Berlin Questionnaire. Materials and Methods: HCWs employed at different centres that agreed to take part in this study were enrolled. Employing the Berlin Questionnaire, demographic characteristics, smoking histories, comorbidities, on-call shifts, number of on-call shifts and sleep durations of the participants were surveyed. Result: 604 HCWs including specialist, nurse, junior doctor, medical student, clinical academic, health technician and hospital staff were enrolled in this study. In terms of sleep apnoea, 92 (15.1%) participants were identified as high-risk and 512 (84.8%) as low-risk according to the findings of the questionnaire. When the two groups identified as high and low risk for sleep apnoea according to the Berlin Questionnaire were compared, significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of age, sex, height, weight, BMI value and hypertension (p< 0.001 for all variables). Multivariate logistic regression analysis has shown that on-call shifts (OR= 0.199, CI= 0.053-0.747, p= 0.017) are negative associated with sleep apnoea risk. Conclusions: With extended working hours and on-call shifts increasing the risk of sleep disorders among HCWs, surveys designed for screening can be used to identify the prospective cases in this population for further examination.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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