Quality and Subjective Quantity of Sleep and its Impact on the Work Performance of Mental Health Professionals from a Public Institution in Western México

Ricardo Ignacio Audiffred Jaramillo*¹, María del Rosario Murillo Guerrero², Alma Delia Esparza Espinoza², Francisco Márquez Sedano², Cinthya Margarita Lomelí Hernández² and José Félix Meza²

Received: June 10, 2018;   Published: July 19, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.07.001443

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Abstract

Sleep alterations constitutes one of the biggest problems that affects life quality and overall performance of people, and have repercussions on low levels of work performance. The general objective of this study was to describe the relation between sleep quality and quantity and the impact on work performance of mental health professionals from Centro Asistencial San Juan de Dios in the state of Jalisco, México. The study had a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional design, which evaluated a total of 26 mental health professionals with Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and an Ad hoc questionnaire about the perception over their work performence. The quality and quantity of sleep was not significantly associated with job performance (p=0,474). They also were not associated with errors or accidents at work (p=0,655). The variables sex, age, marital status, occupation (psychologist/psychiatrist), shift, and type of contract, were not associated with total sleep quality.

Keywords: Sleep Quality-Quantity; Work Performance; PSQI; Mental Health; Mexico

Abbreviations: PSQI: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index; CUCS: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud

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