Sleep quality of paramedics in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61988987:17110/24:A2502O6E RIV/00843989:_____/24:E0111031

Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/knt-202402-0009_sleep-quality-of-paramedics-in-the-czech-republic.php" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/knt-202402-0009_sleep-quality-of-paramedics-in-the-czech-republic.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2024.019" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2024.019</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sleep quality of paramedics in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Introduction: Sleep disorders are common among shift workers and those who work under stressful and unpredictable conditions. Sleep quality and its promotion in paramedics are understudied. Objective: The study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep in emergency medical service workers, to compare certain relationships between variables (gender, age, length of experience), and to assess whether a cut-off score of 10 is appropriate for the discriminatory ability of the selected instrument in the Czech clinical setting. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were obtained using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The sample comprised 191 paramedics. Data were analyzed using selected statistical methods. Results: The mean PSQI total score was 7.45 (SD 3.60). The lowest scoring component was sleep duration (1.45; SD 1.01). There was no relationship between sleep quality and gender. With respect to age, two components, sleep disturbances and daytime dysfunction, were found to be significant (p &lt; 0.05). Regarding the length of experience, daytime dysfunction was identified as a significant component. The PSQI total parameter with a cut-off of 10 (PSQI total ≤10 good sleep; PSQI total &gt;10 poor sleep) was confirmed to be suitable for discriminating the subjectively perceived sleep quality in paramedics. Conclusion: The study demonstrates that sleep quality is compromised in paramedics. Impaired sleep quality has the greatest impact on daytime dysfunction in paramedics. The PSQI, with a cut-off score of 10, is an appropriate instrument for assessing their sleep disturbances.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kontakt

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1804-7122

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

153-159

UT code for WoS article

001239963200009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197658104