Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Poor sleep quality is the collective terms for sleep disturbances, which may result in adverse health outcomes and poor work performance. Study had shown that 57.8% of healthcare workers (HCW) in an urban hospital in Malaysia suffered from poor sleep quality, which was much higher than the general population prevalence. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of poor sleep quality among clinic based HCW and its associated factors. METHODS: This study was part of a community trial conducted in ten health clinics within Gombak district by using self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: Majority of the 256 respondents were female (81.3%), age group of 31-40 years (49.2%), married (81.6%) and diploma holders (39.8%). The prevalence of poor sleep quality among them was 41.0%. In term of sociodemographic characteristics, respondentsÂ’ age, gender, marital status, ethnicity and education level did not have any significant association (p>0.05). As for employment characteristics, HCW who did overtime work (?2=6.392
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-79,
title = {Poor Sleep Quality Among Healthcare Workers Serving in Urban Area in Malaysia},
author = {Wan Ming Keong and Titi Rahmawati Hamedon},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Poor sleep quality is the collective terms for sleep disturbances, which may result in adverse health outcomes and poor work performance. Study had shown that 57.8% of healthcare workers (HCW) in an urban hospital in Malaysia suffered from poor sleep quality, which was much higher than the general population prevalence. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of poor sleep quality among clinic based HCW and its associated factors. METHODS: This study was part of a community trial conducted in ten health clinics within Gombak district by using self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: Majority of the 256 respondents were female (81.3%), age group of 31-40 years (49.2%), married (81.6%) and diploma holders (39.8%). The prevalence of poor sleep quality among them was 41.0%. In term of sociodemographic characteristics, respondentsÂ’ age, gender, marital status, ethnicity and education level did not have any significant association (p\>0.05). As for employment characteristics, HCW who did overtime work (?2=6.392},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, Ministry of Health, Malaysia,},
keywords = {poor sleep quality, urban healthcare workers},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}