Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine,IMU University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine,IMU University, Clinical Campus, Seremban, Malaysia.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 29;19(8):e0306574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306574. eCollection 2024.
Sleep deprivation (SD), defined as an inability to get a minimum of 7 hours of regular sleep at night is a serious health problem that impacts the performance of medical professionals. This study aims to determine the impact of sleep deprivation on perceived performance among medical officers (MOs). A cross-sectional study design involved 231 MOs from six disciplines in Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar, a tertiary center in the south of Malaysia. A self-administered questionnaire was introduced in the English language. The questionnaire involved the sociodemographic characteristics; job-related factors, and the Sleep Deprivation Impact Scale (SDIS). The SDIS is a 12-question scale, rated on a 5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. A higher SDIS score reflected a higher impact of sleep deprivation. A total of 206 MOs returned the completed questionnaire yielding a response rate of 89.17%. The mean age of respondents was 31.68 (±3.49) years. Most of the respondents were female, of Malay ethnicity, and married. More than three-quarters (78.64%) reported sleep deprivation. Being less effective in communication and formulating diagnosis (3 (1.01) vs 2.5 (1.15),p = 0.005); taking longer time to do things (3.44 (1.07) vs 2.8 (1.34),p = 0.001); and feeling unsafe while driving (3.56 (1.25) vs 2.93 (1.55),p = 0.006) manifested significantly higher mean among sleep-deprived respondents. In conclusion, sleep deprivation is a prevalent problem; that adversely affects crucial functioning domains that may endanger patients and healthcare providers alike. Radical countermeasures are required to ensure satisfactory sleep duration and address areas jeopardizing MO safety.
睡眠剥夺（SD）是指无法在夜间获得至少 7 小时的规律睡眠，这是一个严重的健康问题，会影响医疗专业人员的表现。本研究旨在确定睡眠剥夺对医疗军官（MO）感知表现的影响。一项横断面研究设计涉及马来西亚南部三级中心 Tuanku Ja'afar 医院的六个学科的 231 名 MO。引入了一份自我管理问卷，以英语呈现。问卷涉及社会人口统计学特征、与工作相关的因素以及睡眠剥夺影响量表（SDIS）。SDIS 是一个 12 个问题的量表，从非常不同意到非常同意进行 5 点李克特量表评分。更高的 SDIS 分数反映了更高的睡眠剥夺影响。共有 206 名 MO 返回了已完成的问卷，回应率为 89.17%。受访者的平均年龄为 31.68（±3.49）岁。大多数受访者为女性，马来族裔，已婚。超过四分之三（78.64%）报告睡眠不足。在沟通和制定诊断方面效率较低（3（1.01）与 2.5（1.15），p = 0.005）；完成任务的时间更长（3.44（1.07）与 2.8（1.34），p = 0.001）；以及在驾驶时感到不安全（3.56（1.25）与 2.93（1.55），p = 0.006），睡眠不足的受访者的平均得分明显更高。总之，睡眠剥夺是一个普遍存在的问题；它会对关键的功能领域产生不利影响，这可能会危及患者和医疗保健提供者。需要采取激进的对策来确保充足的睡眠时间，并解决危及 MO 安全的领域。
