Sleep Quality Related to Vigilance Among Nurses in Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study

Introduction: Sleep quality disorders may cause a decrease in concentration and work performance of individual. It is also believed that nurses with work shifts as health workers may run into sleep quality disorders. Several researches have shown the relationship between sleep quality and the work performance of nurses in shifts duty. This study aimed to determine the relationship of sleep quality and vigilance of nurses in shifts duty in Raden Mattaher hospital Jambi. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed recruiting 97 nurses working shifts in 3 inpatients wards of the Raden Mattaher Hospital Jambi. Socio-demographic details and data nurses alertness were collected using ad hoc questionnaires, data sleep quality were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Relationships among sleep patterns and alertness variables were investigated. Data were analyzed by univariate and chi-square test (CI 95%). Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS version 16.0. Results: Results showed an average of 29.4 years of age. Respondents were mostly female, married with working time <5 years. The results of the bivariate analysis show there was not relationship between sleep quality and vigilance of nurses who undergoing shifts in Raden Mattaher hospital Jambi with p-value 0.35. Conclusion: There was not a relationship between sleep quality and vigilance among nurses undergoing a shift in patients' rooms Keywords: Nurses, Sleep Quality, Wakefulness, Shift Work Schedule