Relationship of sleep deficiency to perceived pain and functional limitations in hospital patient care workers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Buxton, Orfeu M. ; N.P., Karen Hopcia ; Sembajwe, Grace ; Porter, James H. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Kenwood, Christopher ; M.Stoddard, Anne ; Hashimoto, Dean ; Sorensen, Glorian
• Description:
  Objective ; Health care workers are at high risk of developing musculoskeletal symptoms and pain. This study tested the hypothesis that sleep deficiency is associated with pain, functional limitations, and work-interfering physical limitations. ; Methods ; Hospital patient care workers completed a survey (79% response rate) including measures of health, sociodemographic, and workplace factors. Associations of sleep deficiency with pain, work interference due to this pain, and functional limitations were determined. ; Results ; Of 1572 respondents (90% women; mean age 41 years) fifty-seven percent reported sleep deficiency, 73% pain in last 3 months, 33% work interference, 18% functional limitation. Sleep deficiency was associated with higher rates of pain, work interference, and functional limitation controlling for socioeconomic, individual, and workplace characteristics. ; Conclusions ; Sleep Deficiency is significantly associated with pain, functional limitation and workplace interference, suggesting modifiable outcomes for workplace health and safety interventions.
• Subjects:
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Musculoskeletal Pain
  • Nurses
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• Keywords:
  • Occupational health practice
  • Sleep
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Epidemiology
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 54(7):851-858
• Pubmed ID:
  22796931
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3720240
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K05 CA108663/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U19 OH008861/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33604/cdc_33604_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 403.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9727f09a5f8b96df7a06c3d5f7815c1d5583ca11a2c1b16ebd1a4fbf250005ed