The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the quality of sleep of general hospital shift workers to their stress and job satisfaction and related factors by making a descriptive correlation research in an effort to provide informati...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the quality of sleep of general hospital shift workers to their stress and job satisfaction and related factors by making a descriptive correlation research in an effort to provide information on how to relieve the stress of shift workers and improve their job satisfaction.
This study was focused on the influence of sleep on the stress and job satisfaction in the hospital shift workers. Data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 22.0 program. Cronbach alpha coefficients were calculated to verify the internal consistency and reliability, and t-test and ANOVA were utilized. To investigate the impact of the quality of sleep on stress and job satisfaction, a multiple regression analysis was done. The statistical significance was set at .05.
The subjects in this study were 230 shift workers in five general hospitals in a province. A self-administered survey was conducted from March to May, 2014, and the answer sheets from 209 respondents were analyzed except for 21 incomplete ones. The findings of the study were as follows;
1. The samples used in this study were the shift workers in five general hospitals in G province. The subjects were 101 male (48.3%) and 108 female (51.7%). As to age, 111 workers(53.1%) were in their 30s and down, and 59 respondents(28.2%) were aged between 31 and 39. 39 workers(18.7%) were at the ages of 40 and up.
In education level, 97 respondents(46.4%) were college graduates, and 60 workers(28.7%) were junior college graduates. 31 respondents(14.8%) were high school graduates, and 21 workers(10.0%) received graduate school education. As for marital status, 148 workers (70.8%) were single who outnumbered the married ones(29.2%) that numbered 61. In relation to the line of work, 142 workers(67.9%) were emergency medical technicians and nurses, and 67 respondents(32.1%) were doctors. The most common length of service in the current workplaces was less than a year(74 workers, 35.4%), followed by between one and less than three years(53, 25.4%), 10 years or more(33, 15.5%), between three and less than five years(32, 15.3%) and between five and less than 10 years(17, 8.1%).
The most common total length of service was less than a year(64 workers, 30.6%), followed by between one and less than three years(47, 22.5%), 10 years or more(36, 17.2%), and between three and less than five years/between five and less than 10 years(31, 14.8%). This finding implied that the new employees joined the general hospitals at the beginning of the year. In relation to turnover experience, 142 workers (67.9%) replied they had turnover experience, and 67 workers(32;1%) replied they had not. As to satisfaction level with the pattern of work, 115 respondents(55.0%) answered, "So-so." 54 workers(25.8%) were satisfied, and 40 workers(19.1%) were unsatisfied. Their favorite pattern of work was three-part double shifts b(84 workers, 40.2%), followed by 24-hour three shifts(49, 23.4%), the others(47, 22.5%), 24-hour shift work(15, 7.2%) and three-part double shifts a(14, 6.7%).
2. The sub-factors of the quality of sleep of the shift workers were analyzed by general characteristics, and there were significant differences in daily duties, post-sleep recovery, difficulty in sleeping, difficulty in waking up sleep satisfaction level and difficulty in sleep maintenance, which were the sub-factors of the quality of sleep.
3. As a result of analyzing their stress by general characteristics, there were significant differences in both of physical stress and psychological stress.
4. The sub-factors of the job satisfaction of the shift workers were analyzed by general characteristics, and there were significant differences in interaction, job itself, job requirements, working conditions and pay.
5. As a result of making a multiple regression analysis to determine the influence of the quality of sleep on physical and psychological stress, the factors that had a significant impact on physical stress were post- sleep recovery, difficulty in getting up, difficulty in falling asleep and difficulty in sleep maintenance. The factors that exercised a significant influence on psychological stress were daily duties and difficulty in getting up.
6. As a result of making a multiple regression analysis to find out the influence of their quality of sleep on job satisfaction, job satisfaction was under the significant influence of post-sleep recovery, difficulty in falling asleep, difficulty in getting up and difficulty in sleep maintenance.