Investigation of the Sleep Quality Factors for the Firefighters – A Case Study in Taichung City

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Title:	Investigation of the Sleep Quality Factors for the Firefighters – A Case Study in Taichung City
Authors:	Ho, Song-Po
Contributors:	光電與通訊學系碩士在職專班
Keywords:	sleep quality;firefighters;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)
Date:	2015
Issue Date:	2015-10-08 05:27:37 (UTC+0)
Publisher:	亞洲大學
Abstract:	睡眠品質不良是消防人員常見的問題之一。本研究目的是對台中市消防人員進行調查，了解他們的睡眠狀況，以提供改進的參考。本研究採用問卷調查法，使用匹茲堡睡眠品質量表(PSQI)作為主要量表。參加受試者為台中市政府消防局共496位消防人員，男性共421位，佔84.9%，女性共73位，佔14.7%，遺漏值2位。研究結果顯示，PSQI總分平均為8.07。睡眠品質不佳的為73.9%。平均睡眠時數為6小時18.57分鐘。在性別、婚姻狀況、有無子女、教育程度、年資的睡眠品質較無顯著的差異。而睡眠品質在工作地點、年齡及勤休方式上有顯著的差異，在局本部、20-29歲及每日上下班的最好，而在分隊、30-39歲、勤二休一的最差。 Poor sleep quality is one of the common problems in firefighters. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Taichung City firefighters, about their sleep, in order to provide improved references. The study investigated sleep quality of 496 Taichung city firefighters (male=421, female=73, 2 missing values). This study used questionnaires, using the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) as a major scale. The result shows, the score of the PSQI was 8.07 with 73.9% of the respondents classified as having poor sleep quality. The average of sleep hours was 6 hours and 18.57 minutes. NO difference of PSQI, between the sex, the marital status, with or without children, the education level, and the seniority. The firefighters who works in the headquarters, or aged 20-29, or commuting every day has better sleep quality, and who has the worst sleep quality was work in the squad, or aged 30-39, or work rotating shifts schedule,2 day shifts, followed by 1 off-duty day. Taiwan`s firefighters have high proportion of poor sleep quality than in other countries. It should to improve the firefighters` shift mode to prevent continuous work 48 hours then rest 24 hours, causing firefighter`s physical injure or psychological harm.
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