Ottavia Guglielmi1, Bernabé Jurado-Gámez2, Francisco Gude3, Gualberto Buela-Casal4. 1. Sleep Unit, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: ottavia@ugr.es. 2. Sleep Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain; Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Cordoba (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain. 3. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 4. Sleep Unit, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess job stress, burnout, and job satisfaction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). METHODS: A total of 182 patients with OSAS and 71 healthy individuals completed the Job Content Questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey, the Index of Job Satisfaction, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. All participants were assessed with full-night polysomnography. RESULTS: Survey scores of patients diagnosed with OSAS only differed from those of the control group in the emotional exhaustion dimension (P = 0.015). According to a multivariate analysis, the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was only correlated with perceived support at work (β coefficient = 0.142; P = 0.048). Associations were found between subjective sleep quality, perceived support from coworkers, and supervisors (β = 0.157; P = 0.025), psychological demands (β = 0.226; P = 0.001), emotional exhaustion (β = 0,405; P = 0.000), and cynicism (β = 0.224; P = 0.002). The study also revealed associations between excessive daytime sleepiness and the burnout dimensions emotional exhaustion (β = 0.232; P = 0.000) and cynicism (β = 0.139; P = 0.048). CONCLUSION: Objective parameters of OSAS such as the AHI seem to have limited influence on the psychosocial aspects of the occupational life of patients with OSAS. There is evidence of significant associations between the subjective symptoms of the disease, such as daytime sleepiness, subjective sleep quality, job stress, and burnout.
OBJECTIVE: To assess job stress, burnout, and job satisfaction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). METHODS: A total of 182 patients with OSAS and 71 healthy individuals completed the Job Content Questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey, the Index of Job Satisfaction, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. All participants were assessed with full-night polysomnography. RESULTS: Survey scores of patients diagnosed with OSAS only differed from those of the control group in the emotional exhaustion dimension (P = 0.015). According to a multivariate analysis, the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was only correlated with perceived support at work (β coefficient = 0.142; P = 0.048). Associations were found between subjective sleep quality, perceived support from coworkers, and supervisors (β = 0.157; P = 0.025), psychological demands (β = 0.226; P = 0.001), emotional exhaustion (β = 0,405; P = 0.000), and cynicism (β = 0.224; P = 0.002). The study also revealed associations between excessive daytime sleepiness and the burnout dimensions emotional exhaustion (β = 0.232; P = 0.000) and cynicism (β = 0.139; P = 0.048). CONCLUSION: Objective parameters of OSAS such as the AHI seem to have limited influence on the psychosocial aspects of the occupational life of patients with OSAS. There is evidence of significant associations between the subjective symptoms of the disease, such as daytime sleepiness, subjective sleep quality, job stress, and burnout.
Authors: Bharati Prasad; Alana D Steffen; Hans P A Van Dongen; Francis M Pack; Inna Strakovsky; Bethany Staley; David F Dinges; Greg Maislin; Allan I Pack; Terri E Weaver Journal: Sleep Date: 2018-02-01 Impact factor: 5.849
Authors: Antonio Jurado-García; Guillermo Molina-Recio; Nuria Feu-Collado; Ana Palomares-Muriana; Adela María Gómez-González; Francisca Lourdes Márquez-Pérez; Bernabé Jurado-Gamez Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-08-31 Impact factor: 3.390