警官における睡眠障害,健康,安全に関する問題
Shantha M W Rajaratnam1, Laura K Barger, Steven W Lockley
1Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
JAMA
|December 22, 2011
まとめ
睡眠障害は警察官の間で一般的であり,重要な健康,安全,およびパフォーマンスの問題と関連しています. 早期診断と治療は,士官の福祉と公衆の安全にとって極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- 職業衛生は,健康に関するものです.
- スリープ・メディシン (睡眠医学)
- 公共の安全を保障する.
背景:
- 睡眠障害はしばしば診断されず,警察官の健康,安全,公共の安全に影響を及ぼします.
- 法執行機関における睡眠障害の未治療は,職員と彼らが奉仕するコミュニティの両方にリスクをもたらす.
研究 の 目的:
- 北米の警察官の睡眠障害の流行を評価する.
- この集団における睡眠障害のリスクと自己報告された健康,安全,およびパフォーマンスのアウトカムとの関連を定量化する.
主な方法:
- 北米の4957人の警察官を対象とした横断的および前向きなコホート研究.
- 2年間 (2005年7月~2007年12月) のオンライン/現場のスクリーニングと毎月のフォローアップ調査を通じて収集されたデータです.
- 併発性健康状態,パフォーマンス,および安全性に関する評価結果.
主要な成果:
- 警官の40.4%が少なくとも1つの睡眠障害を検診した結果,診断されていなかったことが多い.
- 睡眠障害の陽性スクリーニングは,身体的/精神的な健康状態 (例えば,糖尿病,うつ病,心血管疾患) の有病率の増加と相関しています.
- 睡眠障害検査で陽性だった警官は,運転中に寝てしまうこと,疲労による安全違反,欠勤,怒りの問題など,重大な誤りの発生率が高かったと報告した.
結論:
- 睡眠障害は,北米の警察官の間で一般的です.
- 睡眠障害と健康,パフォーマンス,安全に関する不良結果との間に,この集団における有意な関連性がある.
- 発見は,福祉と運用効率の向上のために,法執行機関における睡眠障害に対処することの重要性を強調しています.
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