{"id":26983,"date":"2020-11-03T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T12:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=26983"},"modified":"2020-11-03T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T12:11:56","slug":"sleep-disorders-common-among-employees-in-hospital-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=26983","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Disorders Common Among Employees in Hospital System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"News Picture: Sleep Disorders Common Among Employees in Hospital System\" class=\"healthday_image\" src=\"https:\/\/consumer.healthday.com\/media-library\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYyOTg3Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTY5NjU2MH0.55C2tDK4CJgzgSE36ks6bQQLTSEWm2sKHXg849eHZ40\/image.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">Sleep disorders<\/a> are common among employees at a teaching hospital system and are associated with occupational burnout, according to a research letter published online Oct. 30 in <em>JAMA Network Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew D. Weaver, Ph.D., from Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep_disorders_pictures_slideshow\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"slide\">sleep disorders<\/a> and estimated the cross-sectional association between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">sleep<\/a> disorders and burnout symptoms among faculty and staff at a teaching hospital system.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that 29 percent of 1,047 employees screened positive for at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep_quiz\/quiz.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"quiz\">sleep<\/a> disorder, with the prevalence varying across groups (12 to 48 percent). The most common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep\/article.htm\" rel=\"dt\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">sleep disorders<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/insomnia\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">insomnia<\/a>, obstructive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep_apnea\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">sleep apnea<\/a>, shift work disorder, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/restless_leg_syndrome\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">restless legs syndrome<\/a> (14, 12, 11, and 2 percent, respectively). Of those employees with a positive finding for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep\/article.htm\" rel=\"dt\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">sleep<\/a> disorder, 92 percent were previously undiagnosed and untreated. Overall, 29 percent of the 1,074 employees who completed screening for burnout had a positive result. Forty-nine percent of the 1,031 employees who completed the professional fulfillment index reported low levels of professional fulfillment. The prevalence of burnout varied between the groups from 10 to 59 percent. There was an association seen for a positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/sleep_quiz\/quiz.htm\" rel=\"quiz\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">sleep<\/a> disorder screening result with increased odds of burnout and reduced odds of professional fulfillment (odds ratios, 3.67 and 0.53, respectively).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Future studies should be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a sleep health and wellness program on reducing burnout symptoms,&#8221; the authors write.<\/p>\n<p>Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry; one author served as an expert witness in a number of legal cases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2772370\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2772370\"><u>Abstract\/Full Text<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Physician&#8217;s Briefing Staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MedicalNews\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\" style=\"border: none;\"\/><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2020 HealthDay. 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