Chronotype, general health and quality of sleep in a population of Spanish nurses

Autor: Fabio Debbia, Maria José Medina-Valverde, Aurora García-Arcos, Antonio Garrido-Gutiérrez, Maria Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego, Pablo Jesús López-Soto
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 55 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1980-220X
1980-220x
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-220x2020010903752
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the association between chronotype, general health status and sleep quality in a sample of Spanish nurses. Method An observational study assessing morningness-eveningness predisposition, general health status and quality of sleep was conducted between January and April 2018. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. A linear regression model was carried out to determine the influence of the variables on the morningness-eveningness type. Results Morning-type was associated with aging (β = 0.249, p = 0.005), being married (β = 3.970, p = 0.033), and with a self-assessed low daily sleepiness (β = -0.311, p = 0.152). Good quality of sleep was moderately correlated with high values of general health (r = 0.337) and perceived quality of life (r = 0.426). Conclusion Anomalies of the circadian rhythm together with the features of shift workers may play an important role in predicting self-assessed general health status or the quality of sleep in nurses.
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