Job Stress and Sleep Disturbances Among Career Firefighters in Northern California

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• Personal Author:
  Chin DL ; Hong O ; Odes R
• Description:
  Object: This study examined the association between job stress and sleep disturbance among career firefighters. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted with 154 career firefighters working in Northern California, US job stress was measured using the short form of the Effort-Reward Imbalance questionnaire and sleep was measured with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance. Results: Approximately 75% experienced sleep disturbance. For firefighters' job stress, high effort (odds ratio [OR] = 3.68; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25-10.80), high effort-reward ratio (OR = 3.55; 95% CI: 1.23-10.23), and high overcommitment (OR = 9.09; 95% CI: 2.30-35.85) were significantly associated with increased likelihood of sleep disturbance, after adjustment for other factors. Conclusions: Job stress significantly affected firefighters' sleep health, suggesting the need to design effective health promotion interventions to reduce job stress and improve sleep quality for these public service workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Job Stress Cross Sectional Studies Fire Fighters Firefighters Job Stress Questionnaires Sleep Disorders Sleep Disturbance
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067726
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2023 Aug; 65(8):706-710
• Contact Point Address:
  OiSaeng Hong, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAAOHN, Professor & Director of Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Graduate Program, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), 2 Koret Way, Room N 531D, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
• Email:
  oisaeng.hong@ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c77bd32148670016c8f150978591d338a50c0b9d47f0503b8b9b550c40e527a29c89d2dbd735f6c37b862c0ea5b1fc37db14fae0d1e6c8c5b47e3a8b38a2cfd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229988/cdc_229988_DS1.pdf
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