Influence of Work Characteristics on the Association Between Police Stress and Sleep Quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Police officers' stress perception, frequency of stressful events (stressors), and police work characteristics may contribute to poor sleep quality through different mechanisms.

Methods

We investigated associations of stress severity (measured by stress rating score) and frequency of stressors with sleep quality and examined the influence of police work characteristics including workload, police rank, prior military experience, and shift work on the associations. Participants were 356 police officers (256 men and 100 women) enrolled in the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress Study from 2004 to 2009. A mean stress rating score and mean frequency of stressors occurring in the past month were computed for each participant from the Spielberger Police S

SUBMITTER: Ma CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429527 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature