Psychological Well Being and Quality of Sleep Among Health Care Professionals at Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Introduction

Psychological well-being is linked to positive life outcomes and quality of sleep. Healthcare professionals often experience inconsistent sleep, affecting their well-being and patient care. This study aims to explore psychological well-being and quality of sleep of health care professionals and the association between them.

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 305 health care professionals (medical doctors=61, nurses=183, laboratory technicians=61) selected by purposive sampling. A pre-structured questionnaire including socio-demographics, Ryff’s Psychological Well-being scale and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used. The result has been expressed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Pearson Correlation was used to find relationship between psychological well-being and quality of sleep.

Results

The mean age of participants was 35.01±3.67 years with female preponderance of 248 (81.3%). Psychological well-being was significantly different as per type of health care professionals (p=0.01). Majority of the laboratory technicians 23 (37.7%) had low level of psychological well-being followed by nurses 38 (20.8%) and medical doctors 20 (32.8%). Overall, 35.10% of the health care professionals, 19(31.1%) of medical doctors, 72 (39.3%) of nurses and 16 (26.2%) of laboratory technicians had poor quality of sleep. Quality of sleep was not significantly associated with gender and type of profession. Pearson correlation analysis showed a weak negative correlation between psychological well-being and PSQI scores (r = −0.32), indicating that higher psychological well-being was associated with lower PSQI scores, and thus good sleep quality.

Conclusion
Psychological well-being and quality of sleep demonstrated considerable variation among healthcare professionals, with some exhibiting lower levels. Improving quality of sleep will be an effective strategy to decrease the risk of developing lover psychological well-being among health professionals. Further research is required to explore additional factors influencing poor quality of sleep and reduced psychological well-being in this population.