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Chronotype and work shift in nursing workers of university hospitals
Rosângela Marion da Silva1, Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune2, Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Nursing Department. Santa Maria, Rio Grade do Sul, Brazil.
Objective::
To identify the predominant chronotype in nursing workers who work in surgical clinics of university hospitals and to verify the association with work shift.
Method::
Cross-sectional study, performed in surgical clinics of university hospitals in the Southern region of Brazil. The sample of 270 nursing workers answered questions of socio-occupational characterization, of health and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire of Horne and Östberg. We performed a descriptive and bivariate analysis with the help of the SPSS software and confidence interval of 95%.
Results::
The indifferent chronotype predominated (45.2%). There were significant differences between occupational categories and variables "age" (p<0.001), "use of medication" (p=0.035) and "choice of work shift" (p=0.001). There was an association between the chronotype and the variables "work leave due to illness" (p=0.021), "children" (p=0.025), "use of medication" (p=0.018) and "work shift" (p=0.001).
Conclusion::
The chronotype remained indifferent, and the results confirmed association between chronotype and work shift.
Objetivo::
Identificar o cronotipo predominante em trabalhadores de enfermagem que atuam em clínicas cirúrgicas de hospitais universitários e verificar associação com o turno de trabalho.
MéTodo::
Estudo transversal, realizado em clínicas cirúrgicas de hospitais universitários da região Sul do Brasil. A amostra de 270 trabalhadores de enfermagem respondeu questões de caracterização sociolaboral, de saúde e o Questionário de Matutinidade-Vespertinidade de Horne e Östberg. Realizou-se análise descritiva e bivariada com auxílio do software SPSS e intervalo de confiança de 95%.
Resultados::
Predominou o cronotipo indiferente (45,2%). Houve diferença significativa entre as categorias profissionais e as variáveis "idade" (p<0,001), "uso de medicação" (p=0,035) e "opção pelo turno de trabalho" (p=0,001). Foi identificada associação entre o cronotipo e as variáveis "afastado do trabalho por motivo de doença" (p=0,021), "filho(s)" (p=0,025), "uso de medicação" (p=0,018) e "turno de trabalho" (p=0,001).
ConclusãO::
Predominou o cronotipo indiferente, e os resultados confirmaram a associação entre cronotipo e turno de trabalho.
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