Shift Work and Sleep Quality Among Urban Police Officers

Fekedulegn, Desta; Burchfiel, Cecil M.; Charles, Luenda E.; Hartley, Tara A.; Andrew, Michael E.; Violanti, John M.

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Shift Work and Sleep Quality Among Urban Police Officers

Published Date:

Mar 2016

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J Occup Environ Med. 58(3):e66-e71.

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Fekedulegn, Desta ; Burchfiel, Cecil M. ; Charles, Luenda E. ; Hartley, Tara A. ; Andrew, Michael E. ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26949891

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4829798

Description:

Objective

The aim of the study was to examine association of shift work with sleep quality in police officers.

Methods

Data were obtained from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study (n =363). An electronic work history database was used to define shift as day, afternoon, or night for three durations: past month, 1 year, and 15 years. Sleep quality was determined using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Results

The overall prevalence of poor sleep quality was 54%; 44% for day, 60% for afternoon, and 69% for night shift. Poor sleep quality was 70% more prevalent among night-shift officers (P <0.001) and 49% higher among those on the afternoon shift (P =0.003) relative to officers working on the day shift.

Conclusions

Night and evening work schedules are associated with elevated prevalence of poor sleep quality among police officers.

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CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

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