Sleep status of psychiatric nurses: A survey from China

Abstract

Aim: Our study aimed to evaluate the sleep status of psychiatric nurses in Chinese population and analyse the influencing factors.

Design: Cross-sectional, correlation design with logistic regression analysis.

Methods: We investigated 1,044 psychiatric nurses from seven psychiatric hospitals in China. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey were used as main measures.

Results: The average Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score of 1,044 psychiatric nurses was 7.00 ± 3.59, and 38.63% of nurses had a total Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score >7. Our study found that middle-night shift nurses had poor sleep quality and sleep disorders are positively correlated with emotional exhaustion and cynical disregard for job burnout. Middle-night shift nurses showed 1.586 times more likely to suffer from sleep disorders than those non-middle-night shift. The higher the score of emotional exhaustion, the greater the risk of sleep disorders.

Keywords: burnout; nurse; psychiatric; risk factor; sleep disorder.