Comparison of general health status and sleep quality between nurses with fixed working shifts and nurses with rotating working shifts

authors:

avatar Fereshteh Ghaljaei 1 , * , avatar Mahin Naderifar 1 , avatar Mahnaz Ghaljeh 1

Instructor of Nursery, Nursery and Midwifery School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences: Vol.13, issue 1; e94094
published online: November 27, 2010
article type: Research Article
received: March 22, 2010
accepted: June 14, 2010

how to cite: Ghaljaei F, Naderifar M, Ghaljeh M. Comparison of general health status and sleep quality between nurses with fixed working shifts and nurses with rotating working shifts. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2011;13(1):e94094. 

Abstract

Background : Nurses are vulnerable to various sleep disorders because of the nature of their job. If nurses do not experience a good general health, they will not be able to do their job (patient care) well.
  Materials and Method : We conducted a descriptive-comparative study in 180 nurses that were selected with the stratified sampling method who have been working in different work shift hours in teaching hospitals. We used PSQI and GHQ-28 questionnaire for collecting data.
  Results : The study results showed a statistically significant difference in sleep quality and general health of nurses based on two questionnaires (p=0.01 p=0.05) respectively.
  Conclusion : According to our findings we suggest fixed working shifts versus rotating one for nurses to reduce the side effects.

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