工作壓力與睡眠品質有相關嗎？台灣南部地區警察之一些發現

Is Work Stress Associated with Sleep Quality? Some Findings from Police Offi cers in Southern Taiwan

目的：警察屬於高壓力與高危險性的職業，亦是十大睡眠不足職業之一，許多員警都必須輪班值夜勤，他們身心所受的衝擊比固定白天工作者來得大。本研究主要的目的是要探討員警的工作壓力與睡眠品質是否有關。方法：以台灣南部地區員警為研究對象，採用匹茲堡睡眠品質指標進行睡眠品質的問卷調查，並請員警評估自我工作壓力。結果：本研究結果發現員警的睡眠品質顯著較差且睡眠品質與工作壓力有顯著相關，工作壓力愈高的員警睡眠品質愈差，並且在不同人口學變數下此睡眠品質與工作壓力之關聯性仍然顯著存在。結論：台灣南部地區員警睡眠品質不佳與工作壓力有關，且常輪班值夜勤及健康狀況不良。建議相關單位應提供員警良好睡眠習慣教育。

Objectives: Law enforcement is a high-stress and high-risk occupation that is one of the top ten sleep-deprived occupations. Most police offi cers who require to work night shifts, suffer from greater physical and psychological detrimental effects than other normal daytime workers. This study was intended to explore whether work stress is associated with the sleep quality of police offi cers. Methods: We used self-rated Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaires to measure work stress and sleep quality among police offi cers working in southern Taiwan. Results: Police offi cers should pay more attention to their health and work stress. The analysis results showed that sleep quality among police offi cers was signifi cantly poor, and work stress was signifi cantly associated with sleep quality, police offi cers who had higher levels of work stress had the worst sleep quality, and such association was still signifi cant under different demographic variables. Conclusion: The low sleep quality of police offi cers in southern Taiwan in this study was found to be associated with work stress. Those police offi cers often worked night shifts and showed poor health. We suggest that they should be provided with “good sleep awareness” education to improve their sleep quality and health.