Relación entre calidad de sueño y factores de riesgo psicosocial en el personal médico del Hospital General de Machala

Abstract

In several countries of Latin America, health problems related to occupational risk factors are considered within occupational public health plans. It is known that psychosocial occupational risk factors in hospital medical personnel generate health consequences, among which are poor sleep quality due to shift work. With this background, the objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between sleep quality and psychosocial risk factors in medical staff of external consultation and residents of the Machala-Ecuador general hospital; applying the F-Psycho 4.0 questionnaire to evaluate psychosocial risk factors, and the Pittsburgh questionnaire to assess sleep quality. The sample consisted of 115 doctors, of which 48 were of external consultation and 67 were residents. The results showed that one in four physicians reported very poor sleep quality (PGI ≥8), the staff of external consultation having the highest symptoms related to this disorder and about 96% of participants indicating habitual sleep deficiency. About 70% of participating physicians presented high or very high risk of psychological demands and participation / supervision. A statistically significant relationship was found between the high or very high workload and the very poor overall sleep quality (p = 0.001). As a conclusion it could be obtained that the psychosocial factor Workload is a risk factor associated with the greater presence of very poor quality of sleep in doctors at the Hospital level evaluated.