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ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2024

Sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disturbances among hospital night workers: a prospective cohort study.

Fleur van Elk, Bette Loef, Karin I Proper, Alex Burdorf, Suzan J W Robroek, Karen M Oude Hengel

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Article in International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fleur van ElkDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Bette LoefCenter for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Karin I ProperCenter for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Alex BurdorfDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Suzan J W RobroekDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Karen M Oude HengelDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. karen.oudehengel@tno.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-3745-2660
Erasmus MC · NLNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLNetherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research · NL

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ZonMw 555002010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to assess among hospital night workers (i) to what extent sleep quality, sleep duration and sleep disturbances overlap, and (ii) associations between sociodemographic factors, lifestyle factors and work characteristics and sleep components.

methodsData were used from 467 hospital night workers participating in the Klokwerk + study, a prospective cohort study with two measurements. Sleep quality was measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, sleep duration and sleep disturbances were measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale. The overlap between the three sleep measures was visualized with a Venn diagram and the proportions of overlap was calculated. Associations between independent variables (sociodemographic factors, lifestyle factors and work characteristics) and the three sleep outcomes were estimated using between-within Poisson regression models.

resultsAbout 50% of the hospital night workers had at least one poor sleep outcome. Overlap in poor sleep outcomes was apparent for 36.8% of these workers, while the majority had a poor outcome in one of the sleep components only (63.1%). Former smoking had a significant association with poor sleep quality. For most independent variables no associations with poor sleep outcomes were observed.

conclusionOur findings suggest that sleep quality, sleep duration and sleep disturbances are separate entities and should be studied separately. Lifestyle factors and work characteristics were generally not associated with poor sleep. Since these factors can have an acute effect on sleep, future research should consider ecological momentary assessment to examine how exposure and outcomes (co)vary within-persons, over time, and across contexts. Trial registration Netherlands Trial Register trial number NL56022.041.16.

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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSleep QualityHospitalsHumansProspective StudiesSleepSleep DurationBetween–within Poisson regressionHealthcareNight workersSleep components

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PMCPMC10876714
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