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BACKGROUND: To explore the extent to which the shift-workers of emergency ambulances maintain an adequate sleep quality and adaptation to shift-work, and its relationship to personal, circadian rhythm, and work-related factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 180 technicians and nurses from the Emergency Medical Service of the Basque Country (18-60 years old) who were surveyed. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Adaptation to Shift-Work Scale (ASW), the Circadian Type Questionnaire (CTQ) and the Composite Scale of Morningness (CSM) for evaluating chronotype, were administered. RESULTS: Fifty-two percent of the staff presented an intermediate adaptation and 30% reported a good adaptation. A progressive deterioration of sleep quality across the shifts (52% were bad sleepers during days-off, 63% after day-shifts and 90% after night-shifts) was related to a poorer level of adaptation to shift-work. A predictive model of adaptability was obtained based on the baseline level of sleep quality during the days-off and the V factor. The R factor moderated this interaction positively or negatively depending on sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: There is a high presence of sleep disorders among the technicians and nurses of emergency ambulances as the main symptom of maladjustment to shift-work. Sleeping habits can cushion the impact of difficulties in resting and favor a better adaptation to shifts, introducing key-factors at the level of formation, prevention and intervention.
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Ambulâncias , Tolerância ao Trabalho Programado , Adolescente , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Sono , Espanha , Adulto JovemRESUMO
FUNDAMENTO: Explorar la calidad del sueño y la adaptación a la turnicidad del personal de ambulancias de urgencias y su relación con factores sociodemográficos, circadianos y laborales. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal sobre 180 técnicos y enfermeros (18-60 años) de la Red de Transporte Sanitario Urgente del País Vasco realizado mediante encuestas. Se emplearon el Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) para evaluar la calidad del sueño, la Escala de Adaptación al Turno de Trabajo (ATT), el Circadian Type Questionnaire (CTQ) de hábitos de sueño, y la Composite Scale of Morningness (CSM) para valorar el cronotipo. RESULTADOS: El 52% presentó una adaptación intermedia y el 30% buena. El progresivo deterioro de la calidad del sueño a lo largo de la turnicidad (pobre calidad durante los días libres en el 52% de trabajadores, 63% tras turnos de día y 90% tras turnos de noche) se relacionó con una peor adaptación. Se obtuvo un modelo predictivo de la adaptabilidad partiendo del nivel basal de calidad del sueño durante los días libres y la vigorosidad para vencer la somnolencia. El factor rigidez de hábitos de sueño moderó positiva o negativamente esta interacción en función de la buena o mala calidad del sueño. CONCLUSIONES: Las alteraciones del sueño son frecuentes entre el personal de ambulancias de urgencias, como principal síntoma de desadaptación a los turnos inherentes a su actividad. Los hábitos de sueño parecen amortiguar el impacto de las dificultades del descanso y favorecer la adaptación a los turnos, aportando factores claves a nivel de formación, prevención e intervención
BACKGROUND: To explore the extent to which the shift-workers of emergency ambulances maintain an adequate sleep quality and adaptation to shift-work, and its relationship to personal, circadian rhythm, and work-related factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 180 technicians and nurses from the Emergency Medical Service of the Basque Country (18-60 years old) who were surveyed. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Adaptation to Shift-Work Scale (ASW), the Circadian Type Questionnaire (CTQ) and the Composite Scale of Morningness (CSM) for evaluating chronotype, were administered. RESULTS: Fifty-two percent of the staff presented an intermediate adaptation and 30% reported a good adaptation. A progressive deterioration of sleep quality across the shifts (52% were bad sleepers during days-off, 63% after day-shifts and 90% after night-shifts) was related to a poorer level of adaptation to shift-work. A predictive model of adaptability was obtained based on the baseline level of sleep quality during the days-off and the V factor. The R factor moderated this interaction positively or negatively depending on sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: There is a high presence of sleep disorders among the technicians and nurses of emergency ambulances as the main symptom of maladjustment to shift-work. Sleeping habits can cushion the impact of difficulties in resting and favor a better adaptation to shifts, introducing key-factors at the level of formation, prevention and intervention
