Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study

This study came up with the main objective to inspect the sleep quality and sleep disorders among traffic agents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 118 traffic agents were surveyed. To this end, the Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Index (PSQI) que...

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Autor principal:	Pacheco Ferreira,Aldo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Fundación Científica y Tecnológica. Asociación Chilena de Seguridad 2015
Materias:	Sleep Sleep disorders Public health Worker health
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-244920150003000092016-01-21Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case studyPacheco Ferreira,Aldo Sleep Sleep disorders Public health Worker health This study came up with the main objective to inspect the sleep quality and sleep disorders among traffic agents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 118 traffic agents were surveyed. To this end, the Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Index (PSQI) questionnaire was administered. The results demonstrate that the mean PSQI global score was 8.5 ± 2.4. Thirty four subjects had high sleep quality and 84 had low sleep quality. Global PQSI scores had a mean of 3.5 ± 1.37. Those categorized as low sleep quality ranged from 6-12 with a mean of 7.52 ± 1.64. Related to the usual medications, drugs most commonly used are those intended for the treatment of anxiety (9.32%), sleep inducers (10.17%), hypertension (24.58%), anti-depressants (16%), and analgesics (30.51%). The relationship of insomnia severity to age was significant from a statistical point of view (p = 0.001). Poor sleep quality has a negative impact on general health and well-being and can produce signs and symptoms associated with concussions. The relatively moderate sleep deficits experienced by subjects in this study did not affect, at first, the performance on professional activities.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFundación Científica y Tecnológica. Asociación Chilena de SeguridadCiencia & trabajo v.17 n.54 20152015-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-24492015000300009en10.4067/S0718-24492015000300009
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spellingShingle	Sleep Sleep disorders Public health Worker health Pacheco Ferreira,Aldo Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
description	This study came up with the main objective to inspect the sleep quality and sleep disorders among traffic agents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in which 118 traffic agents were surveyed. To this end, the Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Index (PSQI) questionnaire was administered. The results demonstrate that the mean PSQI global score was 8.5 ± 2.4. Thirty four subjects had high sleep quality and 84 had low sleep quality. Global PQSI scores had a mean of 3.5 ± 1.37. Those categorized as low sleep quality ranged from 6-12 with a mean of 7.52 ± 1.64. Related to the usual medications, drugs most commonly used are those intended for the treatment of anxiety (9.32%), sleep inducers (10.17%), hypertension (24.58%), anti-depressants (16%), and analgesics (30.51%). The relationship of insomnia severity to age was significant from a statistical point of view (p = 0.001). Poor sleep quality has a negative impact on general health and well-being and can produce signs and symptoms associated with concussions. The relatively moderate sleep deficits experienced by subjects in this study did not affect, at first, the performance on professional activities.
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title	Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
title_short	Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
title_full	Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
title_fullStr	Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study
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publisher	Fundación Científica y Tecnológica. Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
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Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders among traffic agents: A case study

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