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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.5.451

The Quality of Sleep and Its Relating Factors in Firefighting Officers  

Choi, Jee-Hyeon (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chungnam National University)
Kim, Kwang-Hwan (Department of Hospital Management, Konyang University)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University College of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.5, 2018 , pp. 451-458 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the association between quality of sleep (QOL) and the general characteristics, the health-behavioral factors, and the occupational characteristics of firefighting officers. The survey was conducted in October 2016 with a self-administered questionnaire using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) developed by Pittsburgh University, targeting 600 male firefighting officers working at five fire stations in D city. As a result, the QOL of the study subjects measured by the PSQI revealed 13.2% to be good, and 86.8% to be poor. In relation to general characteristics and health habits, the rate of the group who had poor quality sleep was significantly higher in those with a lower subjective health status, in the non-smoking group, and in the low sleep-quality group, compared to the good sleep-quality group. For occupational characteristics, the rate of those with poor quality sleep was significantly higher in groups such as the fire suppression group, the shift work group, the hard physical labor group, the group with a lower sense of satisfaction in their work, and in the group classed as unfit for the job but who were not considering quitting their jobs, compared to their respective counterparts. Multiple regression analysis revealed factors of influence with explanatory powers of 24.4% for subjective health status, alcohol use, subjective quality of sleep, career, job position, and physical labor. The results of this study suggest that the quality of sleep for firefighting officers is significantly related to general characteristics, health-behavioral characteristics, and occupational characteristics.
Keywords
Fire fighting officer; Quality of sleep(QOL); Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI); General characteristic; Health behavioral characteristic; Occupational characteristic;
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