Percepção da qualidade do sono dos professores da rede pública na cidade de Passo Fundo - RS

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the perception of sleep quality and associated factors of teachers from the municipal and state education system in the city of Passo Fundo RS. Methods: Observational, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, carried out in 2019 with a sample of 225 participating teachers, who were randomly selected from among the teachers on the lists provided by the Municipal Department of Education and the Regional Education Coordination. In the data analysis, the Pearson chi-square (c2 ) tests and binary logistic regressions with univariate and multivariate analyzes were used, with a significance level of 5% (p<0.05). Data were collected through the application of a structured questionnaire carried out with the google docs tool. Results: Regression analyzes detected that the main factors associated with sleep quality were stress and perception of health. There was a predominance of female teachers (91.1%), the largest number of teachers (64.4%) aged between 31 and 50 years old. The perception of sleep quality and associated factors observed was good (51.6%) and poor sleep in 48.4% of teachers. It was also observed that teachers with stress are 3.32 more likely to have bad sleep (OR=3.32 95%CI 1.55 – 7.15 p=0.002) and teachers who reported having good health have greater chances of having a good sleep (OR=0.05 95%CI 0.01 – 0.36 p=0.003). Conclusions: The stress variable implies an increased risk of having bad sleep and teachers who reported having good health are less likely to have bad sleep. Thus, it is important to develop strategies for educational health policies in schools, especially in the area of mental health, as this is related to the performance of teachers, and stress can directly affect mental balance, causing sleep disorders, physical fatigue and mental.