PREVALENCE OF SLEEP QUALITY AMONG SHIFT NURSES IN A SELECTED PRIVATE HOSPITAL

Abstract

This study is to determine the level of sleep quality and its relationship between demographic variables among shift nurses in a selected private hospital in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A quantitative cross-sectional design study was conducted on total 286 of shift working nurses. The data were collected by using Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) to determine the level of sleep quality and survey on demographic information. Findings show that 66.4% (n = 190) with global PSQI score more than 5. There is significance difference between the global PSQI score by the types of family structures and frequency of night duty per month among nurses. Conversely, there are no significance difference in the median global PSQI score between nurses’ age, gender, presence of children, presence of child/parents with chronic illness/development disability, as well as their current working department groups. Findings show that majority of the shift work nurses have poor sleep quality. There is a significance different between the global PSQI score by the types of family structures and frequency of night duty per month.