Sleep quality and influencing factors of Armed Police Forces on the plateau
LIU Qingyuan1, SUN Zhenxue1, TAN Chuanjiang1, ZHANG Xi2, MENG Qingqing2, CHEN Yihui3
1.Clinic of Headquarters of Chinese People’s Armed Police Force,General Hospital of Chinese People,s Armed Police Force,Beijing 100089,China 2. Department of Geriatric Neurology,Sleep Medicine Research Center,Chinese PLA General Hospital,Beijing 100853,China 3. Department of Health, Tibet Autonomous Regional Corps Hospital, Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces,Lhasa 850003,China
Abstract：Objective To investigate the sleep quality of Armed Police officers and soldiers, and to explore the influence of altitude, mood, anxiety and depression on the quality of sleep.Methods Using a multi-stage random sampling method, 1621 Armed Police officers and soldiers in Tibet were selected between April 2015 and September 2015 as subjects. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale (PSQI) was used to evaluate their quality of sleep.Results The PSQI score was 7.8±2.6, and those with sleep disorders accounted for 67.9% of the total. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that after adjusting for age, education levels, marital status and categories of military officers, the longer (β=-0.140) their military service, the higher their strong hyperactivity score (β=-0.129), and the better their quality of sleep. The higher the altitude (β=0.723), the higher the degrees of anxiety (β=1.444) or depression (β=0.171), and the more confusion (β=0.240). The higher the score, the worse the quality of sleep.Conclusions The quality of sleep is poor among recruits, officers and soldiers from higher altitude areas and among those who have anxiety, depression and emotional problems, so we should strengthen psychological interventions for these populations.
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