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Assessment of Sleep Quality among Medical Doctors in a Tertiary Hospital in a Semi-Rural Setting
- Source :
- Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, Vol 09, Iss 04, Pp 535-540 (2018), Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Scientific Scholar, 2018.
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Abstract
- Introduction: Sleep is an integral part of human physiology; therefore, disorders of sleep may result in significant derangement in human functionality. Sleep medicine has received little attention in Nigeria. Against this backdrop, this survey seeks to evaluate the quality of sleep among doctors. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 59 doctors working with Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria; it was done between August 2017 and December 2017. Purposive sampling method was adopted. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) were adopted. The questionnaire was self-administered. Results: There were 34 (57.6%) males and 25 (42.4%) females. Their age ranged from 20 to 66 years, with a mean of 34.39 ± 8.00. The Epworth score ranged from 8 to 29, with a mean of 16.1 ± 4.4, while the PSQI score ranged from 5 to 19, with a mean of 9.5 ± 2.7. The mean work hour per week was 90.3 ± 36.2 h, and majority of the respondents worked for >80 h and or >24 h consecutively in the preceding week, and most had high ESS scores; however, this observation was not statistically significant (Fisher's exact test = 4.0904, P = 0.213). All respondents were poor sleepers and majority sleep for
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Quality of sleep
Sleep medicine
lcsh:RC321-571
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
work hours
lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
doctors
Sleep quality
business.industry
General Neuroscience
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Rural setting
sleep quality
Human physiology
nigeria
Exact test
Physical therapy
Original Article
Neurology (clinical)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09763155 and 09763147
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8c485313e46effacd20e0afc0409bd5c