在职业消防员中检查睡眠障碍的并发症
Nancy A Hamilton1, Julia Russell, Kareem Hamadah
1From the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (N.A.H., J.R., K.H., W.Y., A.T., T.A.N.); and Lawrence, Douglas County Fire and Medical, Lawrence, Kansas (K.J.).
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|October 19, 2023
概括
消防员的睡眠障碍,包括阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 和失眠,是常见的. 患有这两种疾病的人 (COMISA) 报告睡眠和心理健康状况更差.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 消防员面临着独特的职业压力因素,影响睡眠.
- 睡眠障碍的流行,如失眠和阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 在这个人群中越来越令人担忧.
- 伴随性OSA和失眠 (COMISA) 是一个重要的,但尚未研究的子组.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定职业消防员中失眠,OSA和COMISA的患病率.
- 调查与这些睡眠障碍相关的后果,特别是COMISA.
- 为了确定与消防员睡眠障碍相关的潜在白天功能障碍.
主要方法:
- 一组89名职业消防员在班后完成了一项电子调查.
- 查问卷对OSA,失眠,白天嗜睡和睡眠前唤醒进行了评估.
- 用一晚的睡眠日记来收集客观的睡眠数据.
主要成果:
- 观察到高患病率:OSA为54%,失眠为30%, COMISA为17%.
- 15%的消防员报告说,他们每月经历四次或更多的梦.
- 与没有睡眠问题的人相比,患有COMISA的消防员的睡眠时间明显缩短,睡眠质量较差,抑郁症,焦虑症和睡眠前唤醒症状增加.
结论:
- 很大一部分消防员面临着行为睡眠障碍的高风险.
- COMISA是普遍存在的,并与显著的负面健康和功能结果相关.
- 解决消防员睡眠障碍对于减轻白天功能障碍和改善整体幸福感至关重要.
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