Dados do Trabalho

Name: Congresso SONO 2022
Start: 2022-11-30
End: 2022-12-03
Location: Centro de Convenções de Goiânia

Título

Sleep quality and burnout syndrome in military police officers

Introdução

Military police officers need to deal with life-threatening situations, extended shifts and high levels of physical and emotional stress that predispose them to poor quality of sleep and the risk of developing burnout syndrome.

Objetivo

To evaluate the association between sleep quality and burnout symptoms in military police officers in the southern region of Brazil.

Métodos

A cross-sectional study was performed in March 2022 including police officers from a military section who work directly with political authorities. Sociodemographic data were collected and the instruments the Index of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality (PSQI) and the Jbeili Questionnaire for Preliminary Identification of Burnout were applied to assess quality of sleep and burnout symptoms, respectively. Descriptive and association analysis were performed.

Resultados

Forty-one military police officers were included in the study. The mean age was 42.1±7.3 years, 90.2% were male, 70.7% were Caucasian, 51.2% were soldiers and 29.3% reported sleep less than 6 hours per day. The mean PSQI score was 6.8±3.8 points and 53.7% of the sample had poor quality of sleep according PSQI (scores higher than 5). Regarding burnout, 43.9% were considered with Burnout (Jbeili score > 40 points). When evaluating the relationship between burnout syndrome and sleep, there was a statistically significant correlation between Jbeili questionnaire score and PSQI score (r=0,513; p=0.01). We observed that among military police officers with poor sleep (PSQI >5) the prevalence of burnout symptoms was twice (66.7% x 33.3%) compared to those with good quality of sleep.

Conclusões

Military police officers have a high prevalence of Burnout symptoms and poor quality of sleep. Burnout symptoms were more frequent among those who had poor quality of sleep. Studies with larger samples need to be performed to confirm these results.