英文摘要 |
Good sleep includs not only the quantity but also the quality of sleep. The aim of our study was to evaluate the health condition, personal characteristics, shift work, sleep quality, sleepiness and sleep hygiene of male policeman in a Sourthern Taiwan city. The sample was drawn from a metropolitan police forece (46 police institutes, n=550, effective samples=107), and a self-reported questionnaire with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and revised ASHS was used. The average age of the male policemen was 35~44 years, BMI was 25.46±3.43, average length of service was 19.09+5.74 years. Results showed 75.7% of the male policemen had low sleep quality, 44.9% and 11.2% had moderate and severe sleepiness, respectively. Male policemen with bad and very bad sleep hygiene were 29.0% and 7.5%, respectively. Compared with the global scores defined as good sleeper, normal sleepiness and fair sleep hygiene, the sleep quality (t=9.322, p=0.000), sleepiness (t=2.866, p=0.005) and sleep hygiene (t=2.754, p=0.007) of male policemen were significantly worse. Self-rated high stress level was 30.8%, the main source of stress was from work (77.2%), and the second was life expenses and economics (20.7%). The sleepiness (r=0.273, p<0.01), sleep hygiene (r=0.228, p<0.05) and stress (r=0.374, p<0.01) were significantly associated the sleep quality. The service rank (r=0.203, p<0.05), shift work (r=0.216, p<0.05) and chronic disease, such as gout (r=0.240, p<0.05), of the subjects were also related with sleep quality. |