Sleep quality,sleepiness and the influence of workplace breaks: A cross-sectional survey of health-care workers in two US hospitals |
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| Authors: | Marian Wilson Samantha M. Riedy Maddy Himmel Ashley English Joshua Burton Sandra Albritton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA;2. Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USAmarian.wilson@wsu.edu;4. Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA;5. Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA;6. Kootenai Health, Coeur d’Alene, ID, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis study assessed sleep quality, sleepiness and use of workplace break opportunities in 1285 health-care workers via an online questionnaire. Two hospitals were surveyed – one with and one without a fatigue mitigation policy. Across all respondents, 68.9% reported generally taking breaks of at least 30 min and 21.7% had access to a quiet place to rest, with no significant differences between hospitals. The presence of a fatigue mitigation policy was not associated with reduced sleepiness. However, accounting for hospital and shift characteristics, employees with access to a quiet place to rest while on break had significantly lower self-reported sleepiness scores. |
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| Keywords: | Break policy fatigue mitigation rest breaks shift work working time arrangements |
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