EVAULATION OF THE SLEEPING MODES OF THE NURSES WORKING IN MALATYA PROVINCE CENTER HOSPITALS BY EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE

• Published in: Medical Sciences; Volume: 5 Number: 4; 49-56
• Main Author: OMAÇ, mehtap
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: NWSA 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Shift, nurses, sleepiness, sleep, SCALE; Vardiya, Hemªireler, Uykululuk, Uyku, SKALA
• ISSN: 1308-7312

ABSTRACT Objective: Assessment and evaluation of over daytime sleeping modes of the nurses working in Malatya Province Center hospitals. Tools and Methods: This study has a descriptive sectional feature. 1025 nurses still working in the hospitals of Malatya Province Center are the universe of the study. 860 nurses have been reached because of refusing the research, annual leave, not being in the duty station, provisional duties. The rate of research inclusion is 83.9%. Personal data form and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) have been used in the study. Data were analyzed by SPSS 12.0 package program. Ki square analysis, Krukskall Walls and Mann Whitney U tests were used in the study. Findings: Average ages of the nurses are 29ｱ5 years. ESS total scores of 18.4% of the nurses were observed 11 and over, in other words it was observed that they had over daytime sleeping modes. Significant meaning has been found between the over daytime sleeping mode and marital status and working shift (P ﾖZET Ama・ Malatya il merkezi hastanelerinde 軋lmakta olan hemirelerin ar g・d・ uykululuk durumlarnn tanmlanmas ve derlendirilmesi Gere・ve Ytem: ﾇalma tanmlayc kesitsel elliktedir. Malatya il merkezinde bulunan hastanelerde halen 軋lmakta olan 1025 hemire 軋lmann evrenini oluturmaktadr. ﾇalmaya katlmay reddetme, yllk izin, gev yerinde bulunmama, ge輅ci gevlendirme gibi nedenlerle 860 hemireye ulalmtr. Aratrma kapsama oran %83,9・dur. ﾇalmada kiisel bilgi formu ve Epworth Uykululuk ﾖl軻 (EUﾖ) kullanlmtr. Veriler bilgisayar ortamnda SPSS 12.0 paket program ile analiz edilmitir. ﾇalmada ki kare analizi, kruskall Walls, ve Mann Whitney U testleri kullanlmtr. Bulgular: Hemirelerin ya ortalamalar 29ｱ5 yldr. Hemirelerin %18.4・・・ EUﾖ toplam puan 11 ve ・erinde bulunmutur, baka bir deyile ar g・d・ uykululuklar vardr. Ar g・d・ uykululu olma durumu ile medeni durum, 軋llan vardiya arasnda anlaml fark oldu belirlenmitir(P