Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.

Sleep has played a very important role in maintaining our health with good living quality therefore the aim of this study is to determine the pattern of sleep duration,especially short sleep and its associated factors among workers in a tertiary institution.A cross-sectional study was conducted from...

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Main Authors:	, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, , Jonathan Lamit, , Nor Farahana Razali, Ong, Li Chin, , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli, , Norfazilah Ahmad
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/1/vol_4_no_2_2014_63.pdf

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spelling	ukm-81362016-12-14T06:46:19Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/ Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution. , Azmawati Mohammed Nawi , Jonathan Lamit , Nor Farahana Razali Ong, Li Chin , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli , Norfazilah Ahmad Sleep has played a very important role in maintaining our health with good living quality therefore the aim of this study is to determine the pattern of sleep duration,especially short sleep and its associated factors among workers in a tertiary institution.A cross-sectional study was conducted from January until May 2012 among 128 randomly selected Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre(UKMMC) staffs. Data was collected using a guided standardized data sheet which consist of three sections; (1):sociodemographic &socioeconomic, (2):lifestyle and,(3): anthropometric measurement and sleep diary. Data entry and analysis were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)version 20.0.Majority of the staffs had normal sleep duration (67.2%) followed by short sleep duration (26.6%) and long sleep duration (6.3%). Simple logistic regression analysis indicated that late night snacking was significantly related to short sleep (cOR=3.47, 95% CI: 1.12, 12.23, p=0.048).Adequate sleep is important to maintain one’s health. Steps can be taken to limit late night snacking in order to improve the sleep pattern in this study population. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-09-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/1/vol_4_no_2_2014_63.pdf , Azmawati Mohammed Nawi and , Jonathan Lamit and , Nor Farahana Razali and Ong, Li Chin and , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli and , Norfazilah Ahmad (2014) Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (2). pp. 494-500. ISSN 2232-0245 http://www.ijphr.ukm.my/
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description	Sleep has played a very important role in maintaining our health with good living quality therefore the aim of this study is to determine the pattern of sleep duration,especially short sleep and its associated factors among workers in a tertiary institution.A cross-sectional study was conducted from January until May 2012 among 128 randomly selected Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre(UKMMC) staffs. Data was collected using a guided standardized data sheet which consist of three sections; (1):sociodemographic &socioeconomic, (2):lifestyle and,(3): anthropometric measurement and sleep diary. Data entry and analysis were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)version 20.0.Majority of the staffs had normal sleep duration (67.2%) followed by short sleep duration (26.6%) and long sleep duration (6.3%). Simple logistic regression analysis indicated that late night snacking was significantly related to short sleep (cOR=3.47, 95% CI: 1.12, 12.23, p=0.048).Adequate sleep is important to maintain one’s health. Steps can be taken to limit late night snacking in order to improve the sleep pattern in this study population.
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author	, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi , Jonathan Lamit , Nor Farahana Razali Ong, Li Chin , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli , Norfazilah Ahmad
spellingShingle	, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi , Jonathan Lamit , Nor Farahana Razali Ong, Li Chin , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli , Norfazilah Ahmad Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
author_facet	, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi , Jonathan Lamit , Nor Farahana Razali Ong, Li Chin , Naim Syahidah Zulkafli , Norfazilah Ahmad
author_sort	, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi
title	Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
title_short	Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
title_full	Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
title_fullStr	Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
title_full_unstemmed	Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
title_sort	sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8136/1/vol_4_no_2_2014_63.pdf
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Sleep duration pattern among workers in a tertiary institution.

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