A Study to Assess the Quality of Sleep Among Nurses Working in Tertiary Care Hospitals

Introduction: Sleep is the most prominent basic need for any living organism. Consistent sleep deprivation and stress can have long term drastic effects on health. Nurses being the most crucial part of health care team need optimum health status perform their duty with perfection.
Aim: Assessment of quality of sleep of Nursing officers.
Methods: The sample of 100 Nursing officers was selected by purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by Pittsburgh sleep quality index. Statistical analysis was done using Chi square test and logistic regression analysis.
Results: the mean age of sample was 27.01 + 4.01 years. There were 62 males and 38 females. The prevalence of sleep was found 56% of the sample. A significant association was found between quality of sleep and socio demographic factors; professional experience and marital status.
Conclusion: The nursing officers experience poor quality of sleep. There is need for some effective measures that either control deprivation of sleep or enhance their ability to have adequate sleep at night when they do not have night duty shift.

Keywords: Nurse, quality of sleep, nursing officers and tertiary care hospital