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Title:Sleep deprivation and burnout syndrome among pre-hospital emergency medical service employees in Slovenia : a cross-sectional study
Authors:ID Vladič, Marko (Author)
ID Kren, Aljaž (Author)
Files:URL URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2021.55.4.3052
 
URL URL - Source URL, visit https://obzornik.zbornica-zveza.si/index.php/ObzorZdravNeg/article/view/3052
 
Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo ZZBNS - ZSDMSBZTS - Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia
Abstract:Introduction: Sleep deprivation and burnout are common in employees who work in shifts, night shifts, overtime as well as those who work under stressful and unpredictable circumstances. The purpose of the study was to explore the quality of sleep, determine burnout level components and investigate the level of these components and their impact on the quality of sleep among employees in pre-hospital emergency medical services.Methods: A quantitative non-experimental research method was used. Data were collected using a standardized Pittsburgh sleep quality index questionnaire and a standardized Maslach burnout inventory questionnaire. The survey was completed by 204 healthcare professionals. Data were analyzed with univariate and bivariate statistics.Results: The average Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score was 4.97, s = 3.23. Poorer quality of sleep is exhibited by female respondents (57.4 %), respondents who are employed in more overloaded pre-hospital emergency service units (52.3 %) and those who work 24 hours or more (67.7 %). Overall, 17.6 % respondents exhibited high emotional exhaustion, 32.8 % exhibited high depersonalization and 9.3 % exhibited low personal accomplishment. A weak correlation was present between sleep quality and emotional exhaustion (r = 0.381, p < 0.01), depersonalization (r = 0.293, p < 0.01) and personal accomplishment (r = 0.368, p < 0.01).Discussion and conclusion: Healthcare professionals represent a vulnerable group that is subject to poor sleep quality and burnout syndrome, therefore, the need for empowering them in terms of proper sleep hygiene and burnout prevention is indicated.
Keywords:sleep, quality, sleep deprivation, burnout, emergency medical services
Publication date:01.01.2021
Year of publishing:2021
Number of pages:str. 243-252
Numbering:Letn. 55, št. 4
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-26513 New window
UDC:614.88:159.944.4
ISSN on article:1318-2951
DOI:10.14528/snr.2021.55.4.3052 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:90071811 New window
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Publication date in DiRROS:28.01.2026
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Title:Obzornik zdravstvene nege : strokovno glasilo Zveze društev medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije
Shortened title:Obzor. zdrav. neg.
Publisher:Zbornica zdravstvene nege
ISSN:1318-2951
COBISS.SI-ID:39433728 New window

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Language:Slovenian
Title:Deprivacija spanja in sindrom izgorevanja med zaposlenimi v predbolnišničnih enotah nujne medicinske pomoči v Sloveniji : presečna raziskava
Abstract:Uvod: Deprivacija spanja in izgorelost sta pogosta pojava med delavci, ki opravljajo izmensko, nočno, nadurno in stresno delo v nepredvidljivih okoliščinah. Namen raziskave je bil raziskati kakovost spanja, ugotoviti stopnjo komponent izgorevanja in njihov vpliv na kakovost spanja med zaposlenimi v predbolnišnični nujni medicinski pomoči.Metode: Uporabljena je bila kvantitativna neeksperimentalna metoda raziskovanja. Podatke smo zbrali s standardiziranim vprašalnikom Pittsburgh sleep quality index ter s standardiziranim vprašalnikom za izgorelost Maslach burnout inventory. Vprašalnika so izpolnili 204 zaposleni v predbolnišnični nujni medicinski pomoči. Podatki so statistično obdelani z uporabo univariantne in bivariantne statistike.Rezultati: Povprečna ocena Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Indexa znaša 4,97, s = 3,23. Slabšo kakovost spanja ugotavljamo pri anketirancih ženskega spola (57,4 %) in anketirancih, ki so zaposleni v bolj obremenjenih enotah predbolnišnične nujne medicinske pomoči (52,3 %), ter pri tistih, ki opravljajo 24- ali večurno delo (67,7 %). Pri 17,6 % anketirancev ugotavljamo visoko stopnjo čustvene izčrpanosti, 32,8 % anketirancev izkazuje visoko stopnjo depersonalizacije, 9,3 % anketirancev pa nizko stopnjo osebne izpolnitve. Med kakovostjo spanja in emocionalno izčrpanostjo (r = 0.381, p < 0.01), depersonalizacijo (r = 0.293, p < 0.01) in osebno izpolnitvijo (r = 0.368, p < 0.01) ugotavljamo šibko pozitivno povezanost.Diskusija in zaključek: Zdravstveni delavci predstavljajo ranljivo skupino, ki je podvržena slabi kakovosti spanja in sindromu izgorevanja, zato se nakazuje potreba po njihovem opolnomočenju glede ustrezne higiene spanja ter preprečevanja izgorevanja.
Keywords:spanje, kakovost, pomanjkanje spanja, izgorelost, nujna medicinska pomoč


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