Assessing the Mental Health Status and Sleep Quality among House Officers in Peshawar
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Mental Health, Sleep Quality, Public Hospitals, Private HospitalsAbstract
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to assess the mental health status and quality of sleep among house officers in Peshawar and to determine the correlation between their mental health status and quality of sleep.
METHODOLOGY
This was a cross-sectional study, conducted on house officers of four tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire using convenience sampling technique. Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scale was used for assessing the sleep quality and Warwick Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale (WEMWBS) was used for assessing the mental health status of the respondents.
RESULTS
Among the 276 house officers, the mean mental health score was 48.13±9.17, and mean sleep quality score was 6.39±3.27. In comparison, female House officers had poor mental health status (female: 45.72±9.32, male: 49.83±8.70, p<0.05) and sleep quality (female: 6.91±3.77, male: 6.03±2.82, p<0.05. The hospital status showed no significant association between sleep quality (p value: 0.778) and mental health score (p value: 0.573). Furthermore, quality of sleep had a positive correlation with mental health status of house officers (p<0.01).
CONCLUSION
Mental health status and quality of sleep among house officers was poor. Female house officers had a poor mental well-being and a poor sleep quality compared to male house officers. There was no significant difference between the mental health status and quality of sleep, of house officers working in public hospitals and those working in private hospitals. House officers having a poor sleep quality also had a poor mental health status showing a positive correlation between the two
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