Sleep disorders linked to quality of life in a sample of Egyptian policemen a comparative study between shift workers and non-shift workers

• Published in: Middle East Current Psychiatry Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 63 - 7
• Main Authors: Naguib, Rehab Mohamed, Omar, Abdel Nasser Mahmoud, ElKhayat, Naglaa Mohamed, Khalil, Sherien Ahmed, Kotb, Mostafa Ahmed Mohamed, Azzam, Lobna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Circadian rhythm; Comparative analysis; Hospitals; Insomnia; Job stress; Marital status; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Metabolic syndrome; Occupational; Occupational stress; Police; Police administration; Police officers; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Risk factors; Shift work; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Stress; Type 2 diabetes; Work environment; Work hours; Workers; Egypt; Giza Egypt; Occupational; Occupational stress; Sleep; Police officers; Shift work; Quality of life

Background Poor sleep is associated with bad health outcomes, worse well-being and decreases in performance, productivity and safety at work. Police officers are exposed to several risk factors including extended work schedules, shift work, occupational stress, dangerous and traumatic events and can...