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标题：Associations of Sleep Problems and Recent Life Events with Smoking Behaviors among Female Staff Nurses in Japanese Hospitals
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作者：Takayuki KAGEYAMA ; Toshio KOBAYASHI ; Noriko NISHIKIDO 等
期刊名称：Industrial Health
印刷版ISSN：0019-8366
电子版ISSN：1880-8026
出版年度：2005
卷号：43
期号：1
页码：133-141
DOI：10.2486/indhealth.43.133
出版社：National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
摘要：For the purpose of examining the relation of sleep problems and other possible correlates with smoking among staff nurses in hospitals, the cross-sectional data of a self-administered questionnaire survey for 522 Japanese female staff nurses were reanalyzed. Registered nurses or licensed practical nurses were 82%, while nursing assistants were 18%. The prevalence of current smoking (PCS) was 29%, being higher than that in the general population of Japanese women. The current smokers exhibited a high tendency toward tobacco dependence. Multivariate analyses revealed that PCS was associated with recent frequent night shifts and a large amount of support from coworkers, while the association of a large amount of job control and a feeling of light overnight sleep with PCS was also suggested. The tobacco-dependent tendency was associated with recent life events and the presence of insomnia. It is possible that smoking is a countermeasure against sleepiness caused by the disadaptation to shift-work, or that tobacco-intake pharmacologically disturbs sleep. For decreasing PCS in staff nurses, further research should focus on the relation of smoking with their sleepiness and shift-working system, and also on the process in which major life events develop smoking behaviors.
关键词：Female staff nurse;Rotating shift work;Night shift;Smoking;Insomnia;Life event;Prevalence;Dependence