2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Epidemological study of the relationship between night-shift, sleep problems and medical accidents among nurses
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14570372
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
OHIDA Takashi Nihon University, School of Medicine, Dep. of Public Health, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (40321864)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOKOYAMA Eise Nihon University, School of Medicine, Dep. of Public Health, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (90120584)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | nurses / sleep / accidents / night shift / epidemiology |
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| Research Abstract |
It has been pointed out that there may be associations between sleep problems and occupational mistakes or near-misses. It is therefore critical to reveal the actual statuses of sleep problems and medical mistakes among nurses in order to have a basis for discussion of measures for workers who work night or irregular shifts to maintain g6od health and to prevent occupational mistakes. In the present study, a survey was conducted targeting hospital nurses to examine the actual statuses of night-shift work and sleep disorders among nurses and to analyze associations between night-shift work and various medical accidents. The survey targets were nurses working in eight hospitals equipped with 400 beds or more. The number of responses was 4,407, and the collection rate of the questionnaire was 94.0%. A statistically significant relationship was observed between medical mistakes and night-shift work. No statistically significant relationship was observed between the distribution of sleep duration and medical mistakes. Statistically siqnificant relationships were observed between (1) difficulty in initiating sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness and (2) medical mistakes, but no statistically significant relationship was observed between (1) subjective sleep evaluation, difficulty in maintaining sleep, and early-morning awakening and difficulty in getting back to sleep and (2) medical mistakes.
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