TY  - JOUR
T1  - Drowsiness and its Relation with Individual Characteristics among Night Workers in a Desert Hospital in Iran
AU - Biglari, Hamed AU - Poursadeghiyan, Mohsen AU - Omidi, Leila AU - Hami, Mahsa AU - Raei, Mehdi 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
SP  - 98
EP  - 101
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2016.98.101
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2016.98.101
KW  - BMI
KW  -experience
KW  -hospital staff
KW  -shift work
KW  -sleepiness
AB  - Most hospitals perform 24 h daily. Night work is an important duty for staff of a major part of labor force. Shift work is regarded as working out of the normal working hours (about 7:00-18:00). In this cross-sectional study, the panel method was used. Emam Khomeini hospital, one of desert hospital of gonabad was our study site. Sample size was 90 people. Data were collected using Demographic information and questionnaire (Stanford sleepiness scale). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16. This study revealed a 95% positive correlation between degree of drowsiness and BMI (p<0. 05, r = 0/24). Also, this study showed that there is a 95% positive correlation between the degree of drowsiness and age (p<0. 05, r = 0. 589). Also, the degree of drowsiness and number of years of employment had a 95% positive correlation (p<0. 05, r = 0. 24). Also, there was a 95% positive correlation between the degree of drowsiness and level of education in shift-works (p<0. 05, r = 0. 378). According to the results of our data, the degree of drowsiness has significant correlation with age variables, the number of years of employment in shift-works and educational level. Our results agree with other studies on the effect of age and experience on drowsiness and work-shifts conformation.
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