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Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Within the prison environment, where strict surveillance and prompt decision-taking are essential to maintain security, poor sleep may be hazardous to correctional officers. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of and identify factors associated with severe sleep disorders in cor...
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Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9153965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35662961 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20210027 |
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author | Bezerra, Glécia Lemos Carvalho, Fernando Martins Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira Santos, Kionna Oliveira Bernardes |
author_facet | Bezerra, Glécia Lemos Carvalho, Fernando Martins Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira Santos, Kionna Oliveira Bernardes |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Within the prison environment, where strict surveillance and prompt decision-taking are essential to maintain security, poor sleep may be hazardous to correctional officers. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of and identify factors associated with severe sleep disorders in correctional officers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An exploratory cross-sectional study comprised all correctional officers in a prison complex in Salvador city, Brazil. Information about sleep quality, sociodemographic and occupational aspects, lifestyle habits, and common mental disorders (self-reporting questionnaire-20 score ≥7 points) were collected via a self-administered questionnaire. Severe sleep disorder was defined as a score ≥31 points according to the mini sleep questionnaire. The measure of association used was the prevalence ratio (PR). Prevalence ratios were estimated by using a Cox multivariate regression model. The final adjusted model only included the variables that presented a prevalence ratio ≥1.20. RESULTS: The prevalence of severe sleep disorders in the 374 correctional officers was 55.3%, and was strongly (prevalence ratio ≥1.20) associated with number of stressful activities at work (RPs=1.24, 1.19, and 1.17), number of attack and threat events against the correctional officers over the last 12 months (RPs showing gradient, 1.11, 1.24, and 1.41), common mental disorders (RP=2,24), and non-White skin color (RP=1,37). CONCLUSION: This study found high prevalence of severe sleep disorders in correctional officers, associated with impairment of their mental health, skin color, and, particularly, with situations of stress and violence at work. These factors must be taken into account when planning and providing health care to these workers. |
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spelling | pubmed-91539652022-06-02 Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study Bezerra, Glécia Lemos Carvalho, Fernando Martins Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira Santos, Kionna Oliveira Bernardes Sleep Sci Original Article INTRODUCTION: Within the prison environment, where strict surveillance and prompt decision-taking are essential to maintain security, poor sleep may be hazardous to correctional officers. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of and identify factors associated with severe sleep disorders in correctional officers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An exploratory cross-sectional study comprised all correctional officers in a prison complex in Salvador city, Brazil. Information about sleep quality, sociodemographic and occupational aspects, lifestyle habits, and common mental disorders (self-reporting questionnaire-20 score ≥7 points) were collected via a self-administered questionnaire. Severe sleep disorder was defined as a score ≥31 points according to the mini sleep questionnaire. The measure of association used was the prevalence ratio (PR). Prevalence ratios were estimated by using a Cox multivariate regression model. The final adjusted model only included the variables that presented a prevalence ratio ≥1.20. RESULTS: The prevalence of severe sleep disorders in the 374 correctional officers was 55.3%, and was strongly (prevalence ratio ≥1.20) associated with number of stressful activities at work (RPs=1.24, 1.19, and 1.17), number of attack and threat events against the correctional officers over the last 12 months (RPs showing gradient, 1.11, 1.24, and 1.41), common mental disorders (RP=2,24), and non-White skin color (RP=1,37). CONCLUSION: This study found high prevalence of severe sleep disorders in correctional officers, associated with impairment of their mental health, skin color, and, particularly, with situations of stress and violence at work. These factors must be taken into account when planning and providing health care to these workers. Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9153965/ /pubmed/35662961 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20210027 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Bezerra, Glécia Lemos Carvalho, Fernando Martins Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira Santos, Kionna Oliveira Bernardes Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title | Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title_full | Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title_short | Sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
title_sort | sleep disorders in correctional officers: cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9153965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35662961 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20210027 |
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