Work Shift and Circadian Rhythm as Risk Factors for Poor Sleep Quality in Public Workers from Murcia (Spain)

María Teresa Rodríguez-González-Moro, José Miguel Rodríguez-González-Moro, José Miguel Rivera-Caravaca, Tomás Vera-Catalán, Agustín Javier Simonelli-Muñoz and Juana Inés Gallego-Gómez
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María Teresa Rodríguez-González-Moro: Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
José Miguel Rodríguez-González-Moro: Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain
José Miguel Rivera-Caravaca: Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca), CIBERCV, 30120 Murcia, Spain
Tomás Vera-Catalán: Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
Agustín Javier Simonelli-Muñoz: Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
Juana Inés Gallego-Gómez: Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 16, 1-8

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of sleep quality and to investigate variables predicting the risk of poor sleep quality in public workers from Murcia (Spain). A cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted from October 2013 to February 2016 in 476 public workers. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to measure the quality of sleep, and the reduced scale of the Horne and Österberg Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire was applied to analyze the circadian typology. The predictive variables of self-reported poor sleep quality were identified by multivariate logistic regression. No significant differences were found according to sex in the overall sleep quality scores (5 ± 2.9 versus 5.1 ± 3, p = 0.650), but there were in the duration of sleep. Three percent of females slept <5 hours compared to 2% of men ( p = 0.034). Fixed morning shifts (OR = 1.9, 95% CI 1.3–3.1; p = 0.007) and evening chronotypes (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.0–2.3; p = 0.017) were independent predictors of suffering from poor sleep quality. In conclusion, the frequency of self-reported poor sleep quality among public workers from Murcia was 37.4%. Being a public worker with a fixed morning shift and having an evening chronotype demonstrated to be associated with the quality of sleep.

Keywords: sleep quality; circadian rhythm; public workers; work shift (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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