Exploring Health Promotion Behaviors, Occupational Burnout, and Sleep Disturbances in Traditional Industry Workers

Abstract

Background Sleep disturbances can lead to poor job performance, increased work stress and absenteeism, and reduced job satisfaction and confidence among employees. Traditional industry employees experience significantly higher shift work and occupational burnout levels than other sectors. Therefore, this warrants exploring whether shift work, occupational burnout, and health promotion behavior are related to sleep disturbances among traditional industry employees. Methods A cross-sectional study with cluster sampling and structured questionnaires was conducted to collect data on the demographics, health promotion behavior, occupational burnout, and sleep disturbances of 365 employees from a traditional industry in Northern Taiwan. The study period was from 15 May 2023 to 17 June 2023. Data analysis was performed using Chi-square tests, independent sample t-tests, and logistic regression. Results The prevalence of sleep disturbances among the study subjects was 47.9%, with shift workers accounting for 63.3%. The mean score for the overall health promotion behavior scale was 2.34 ± 0.48, and the mean score for the overall occupational burnout scale was 1.96 ± 1.09. Factors associated with sleep disturbances included shift work, weekly working hours, health promotion behavior, and personal burnout. Conclusion We recommend adjusting the regularity of shift schedules and enhancing the lighting environment during night shifts to accommodate shift work, avoiding weekly working hours exceeding 40 hours, improving personal burnout levels, and encouraging the adoption of health-responsible behaviors to reduce sleep disturbances.