Sleep quality of clinical nurses in Macau.

Autor: Chan VI, Koc KM, Tse WM, Wong NW, Ho WH, Leong SM
Zdroj: Macau Journal of Nursing; 2008, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p1-6, 6p
Abstrakt: Objective: To investigate the sleep quality and related factors among clinical nurses in Macau. Method: 332 clinical nurses selected by convenient samplings were investigated by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Questionnaire. Results: 46.4% of the clinical nurses had PSQI score over seven, which indicated the poor sleep quality. The PSQI scores showed the main sleep problems among clinical nurses were day time dysfunction, sleep latency and subjective sleep quality. The nurses whose education level was diploma level or below, and who were under the pressure of studying Bachelor or non-Bachelor courses had poor sleep quality. Conclusion: The proportion of clinical nurses who had poor sleep quality was high. Therefore, hospital administrators should make efforts to help staff keep balance between studying and working so as to improve the sleep quality of clinical nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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