Sleep Health Promotion in the Workplace

Garbarino, Sergio; Tripepi, Giovanni; Magnavita, Nicola

doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0256.v1

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“… 18 , 19 The probability of severe COVID‐19 is very high among shift workers, whose circadian rhythms are disrupted. 20 , 21 Sleep is of crucial importance for healthcare workers, even during normal times, 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 but increasing workloads and psychological pressure during the pandemic have led to significant fatigue among such professionals. Fear of infecting families and stigmatisation of healthcare workers have resulted in a lack of social support.…”

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Sleep quality and related factors in a sample of Turkish healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Yılmaz¹,

KIRAÇ

Şahin

2021

Int J Clin Pract

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Background Increasing workloads and psychological pressure have led to fatigue among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Increasing stress and social isolation can also lead to sleep problems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate sleep quality and related factors among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods The data in this cross‐sectional study were collected using an online questionnaire. This included sociodemographic data, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the National Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Results Two hundred seventy‐eight physicians, 104 nurses and 52 dentists were enrolled. The total prevalence of poor sleep quality was 56.7%. The prevalence of poor sleep quality was 67.3% in nurses, 55.4% in physicians and 42.3% in dentists. Poor sleep quality was more prevalent among women, nurses, hospital workers, frontline workers, individuals with <5 years of work experience, those with low social support and individuals with increased traumatic stress levels. High levels of social support and family social support were identified as protective factors against poor sleep quality. Multivariate regression analyses showed that poor sleep quality was significantly associated with working in hospitals and high traumatic stress levels during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Conclusions Poor sleep quality was common among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Working in hospitals and high traumatic stress levels were identified as factors associated with poor sleep quality.

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Sleep quality and related factors in a sample of Turkish healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Yılmaz¹,

KIRAÇ

Şahin

2021

Int J Clin Pract

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“…The present research included some individuals with ongoing psychiatric treatment, which may also affect sleep quality. Previous studies suggested that sleep disturbance endangers the health and safety of workers, and insomnia is the most important predictor of work accidents [ 42 – 44 ]. Occupational stress and violence also affect sleep disturbance of workers [ 45 , 46 ].…”

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Cognitive complaints mediate the influence of sleep disturbance and state anxiety on subjective well-being and ill-being in adult community volunteers: a cross sectional study

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Background Sleep disturbance, state anxiety, and cognitive complaints (CCs) have been recognized as important issues in public health. Although the mediating role of CCs has been proposed, their role in the relationships between sleep disturbance, state anxiety, and subjective well-being (SWB) and subjective ill-being (SIB) are not yet fully understood. This study used path analyses to investigate whether CCs mediate these relationships. Methods The study recruited 523 Japanese adult volunteers using convenience sampling. Participants completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y), Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment, and Subjective Well-Being Inventory to evaluate sleep disturbance, state anxiety, CCs, and SWB and SIB, respectively. Path analyses were conducted to assess the mediating effects of CCs. Results The path analyses showed significant indirect associations of sleep disturbance and state anxiety with SWB (p = 0.024 and p = 0.012) and SIB (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001), respectively, mediated by CCs. Furthermore, there were significant indirect associations of sleep disturbance with CCs (p < 0.001), SWB (p < 0.001), and SIB (p < 0.001), via state anxiety, respectively. Conclusions This study suggests that CCs mediate the associations of sleep disturbance and state anxiety with SWB and SIB, respectively, in adult community volunteers. To address SWB and SIB associated with sleep disturbance and state anxiety, evaluating CCs may be useful in public mental health. Our findings will encourage health care workers to assess CCs more systematically. Future studies may need to target CCs to develop interventions for SWB and SIB.

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“…For example, at the environmental level – making time for breaks (role of food and rest) and providing adequate facilities for storing and preparing food. Roundtable participants agreed that health and wellbeing initiatives in workplaces should encompass the interlinked pillars of health – sleep (Garbarino et al, 2020), activity and stress management (Limm et al, 2011) as well as diet. When considering dietary changes, sleep and stress have been shown to impact food choices (Al Khatib et al, 2018; Clark et al, 2016) strengthening the argument for complex interventions that target a range of health behaviours.…”

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Proceedings of a roundtable event ‘Workplace Diet and Health – priorities for researchers and practitioners’

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Lewis

Hilberink³

et al. 2023

Nutrition Bulletin

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Understanding how the work environment impacts health behaviours is essential to a life course approach in public health nutrition. A roundtable event ‘Workplace Diet and Health – priorities for researchers and practitioners’ was held by the Nutrition Society in October 2022. The overarching aims of the roundtable event were to consider (i) the relevance of nutritional wellbeing for employers and organisations, (ii) the research priorities for workplace diet and health and (iii) how researchers and practitioners can work with stakeholders in the development and testing of workplace diet and health interventions and nutritional education. Participants represented a range of stakeholders including dietetic and nutrition professionals working in workplace health, academics and science communication with an interest in workplace diet and health, non‐governmental organisations and providers of workplace nutritional health and wellbeing programmes. All roundtable participants agreed that good nutrition and access to healthy food at work was part of corporate responsibility comparable to that of health and safety provision. It was recognised that nutritional wellbeing was not seen as a priority by many companies due to the complexity and wide range of employee health and wellbeing options available and the perceived lack of clear financial benefit. Three priority areas were identified and agreed upon by roundtable participants: (1) strengthening the evidence base to demonstrate the tangible benefit of nutritional wellbeing interventions in the workplace, (2) creating a knowledge exchange hub to share best practices and experiences of working across sectors and (3) expand stakeholder engagement in workplace nutritional wellbeing.

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Sleep Health Promotion in the Workplace

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Sleep quality and related factors in a sample of Turkish healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Sleep quality and related factors in a sample of Turkish healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Cognitive complaints mediate the influence of sleep disturbance and state anxiety on subjective well-being and ill-being in adult community volunteers: a cross sectional study

Proceedings of a roundtable event ‘Workplace Diet and Health – priorities for researchers and practitioners’

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