Implementing a Sleep Health Education and Sleep Disorders Screening Program in Fire Departments: A Comparison of Methodology

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to compare three methods of administering a sleep health program (SHP) in fire departments. METHODS: An SHP, comprising sleep health education and screening for common sleep disorders, was implemented in eight fire departments using three approaches: expert-...

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Autores principales: Barger, Laura K., O’Brien, Conor S., Rajaratnam, Shantha M.W., Qadri, Salim, Sullivan, Jason P., Wang, Wei, Czeisler, Charles A., Lockley, Steven W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27035103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000709
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to compare three methods of administering a sleep health program (SHP) in fire departments. METHODS: An SHP, comprising sleep health education and screening for common sleep disorders, was implemented in eight fire departments using three approaches: expert-led, train-the-trainer, and online. Participation rates, knowledge assessments, surveys, and focus group interviews were analyzed to assess the reach and effectiveness of the methodologies. RESULTS: The Expert-led SHP had the highest participation rate, greatest improvement in knowledge scores, and prompted more firefighters to seek clinical sleep disorder evaluations (41%) than the other approaches (20 to 25%). Forty-two percent of focus group participants reported changing their sleep behaviors. CONCLUSION: All approaches yielded reasonable participation rates, but expert-led programs had the greatest reach and effectiveness in educating and screening firefighters for sleep disorders.

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