Sleep quality and burnout levels in people working with severe disability patients
(2016)
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- Objectives: To examine the association between Sleep Quality and Burnout among staff working in a community-based service for people with severe disability. Methods: A questionnaire including, inter alia, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)(Buysse et al, 1989), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)(Maslach et al., 1997), and several psychosocial factors at work was filled out by 115 (79 Female, 36 Males) health and social professionals, aged between 23 and 63. Results: The 29.56% of the sample displays a PSQI total score above 5 (Mean score= 4.43 4.43). The PSQI total score is positively correlated with the Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization MBI subscales (Rho=0.608, P < 0.001; Rho= 0.263, P < 0.005). Professionals reporting overtime (vs. not) show an higher PSQI total score (t = 1.13; P < 0.05, df 113). Work stress sources, such as working time and physical-mental work-load, are positively correlated with the PSQI total score (Rho=0.359, P < 0.001; Rho=0.387, P < 0.001). PSQI total score does not differ in relation to the gender, the work contract type (I.e. fixed-term vs. open-ended), and the night-work. Conclusions: Inappropriate behaviors might occur in case of high level of burnout among health and social professionals working in residences for the disabled people. In our sample Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization were related to a poor sleep quality. Overtime, working time and physical-mental work-load were also associated to poorer sleep. A better managing of these factors at work can improve sleep quality, and consequently, could play a role in preventing burnout.
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Esposito, M. J., Martoni, M., Occhionero, M., & Casini, A. (2016). Sleep quality and burnout levels in people working with severe disability patients. Journal of sleep research, 25(Suppl. 1), 281. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12446 (Original work published 2016)