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  • 标题:Salivary Cortisol, Subjective Stress and Quality of Sleep Among Female Healthcare Professionals
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  • 作者:Wegdan Bani-Issa ; Hadia Radwan ; Farah Al Marzooq
  • 期刊名称:Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
  • 印刷版ISSN:1178-2390
  • 电子版ISSN:1178-2390
  • 出版年度:2020
  • 卷号:13
  • 页码:125-140
  • DOI:10.2147/JMDH.S229396
  • 出版社:Dove Medical Press Ltd
  • 摘要:Background: Stress is globally recognised as a risk factor impacting workers’ health and workplace safety. Women healthcare professionals are at risk for considerable stress given the demanding nature of their jobs and current working conditions. This study assessed levels of stress among women healthcare professionals using measures of their cortisol levels, subjective stress and quality of sleep. Participants and Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. Data were collected from 335 apparently healthy adult women healthcare professionals working in the United Arab Emirates. Participants provided morning and bedtime saliva samples for analysis of their cortisol levels. The Perceived Stress Scale, Stress Symptoms Scale, Brief Coping Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used to assess perceived stress level, symptoms of stress, stress-coping strategies and sleep quality, respectively. Results: In total, 121 (36.15%) women had impaired morning cortisol levels (below the normal range of 0.094– 1.551 μg/dL) and 48 (14.3%) had impaired bedtime cortisol levels (above 0.359 μg/dL). Around 57% of women reported moderate levels of perceived stress, with the most frequently reported stress symptoms being heart rate and back/neck pain. Poor sleep quality was reported by around 60% of participating women. No significant association was found between cortisol and psychosocial measurements of stress or sleep quality. However, night shift and longer shift duration (more than 8 hrs) were significantly associated with impaired morning and bedtime cortisol levels (P ≥ 0.05). Impaired cortisol levels were strongly dependent on using adaptive coping strategies such as active coping, acceptance and seeking emotional support (P ≥ 0.05). Conclusion: Evaluating cortisol levels and subjective stress could help to identify groups with impaired response to stress and elevated cortisol levels. Our findings support the need to examine shift work patterns and stress coping strategies in women healthcare professionals to promote their health and productivity and maintain workplace safety.
  • 关键词:coping strategies; cortisol; female healthcare professionals; nurses; sleep quality; subjective stress
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