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:
  • Job stress
  • Sleep disorders
  • Fire fighters
  • Questionnaires
  • Cross sectional studies
  • Author Keywords: Job stress
  • Sleep disturbance
  • firefighters
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229988/cdc_229988_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 134.07 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c77bd32148670016c8f150978591d338a50c0b9d47f0503b8b9b550c40e527a29c89d2dbd735f6c37b862c0ea5b1fc37db14fae0d1e6c8c5b47e3a8b38a2cfd