Associations between sleep, stress, and cardiovascular health in emergency medical services personnel.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to quantify the associations between sleep duration and perceived and chronic stress with ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) among emergency medical services (EMS) personnel from county-based EMS agencies.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-free EMS personnel from 4 US EMS agencies. The questionnaire consisted of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Chronic Burden Scale, and the CVH components (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, diet, blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, each scored 0-2 points). The components were summed and ideal CVH considered 11-14 points. Mixed effects logistic regression models with a random intercept for agency were used to estima

SUBMITTER: Cash RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295241 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature