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. 2019 Dec 1;9(11):e030302. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030302

Table 4.

High burnout outcomes associated with sleep duration and sleepiness in police (n=3140)

Sleep characteristics, n*† Positive result in police with high burnout, no./no. total (%) Unadjusted Adjusted‡
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
High EE Low–moderate EE
Sleep duration
 ≥6 hours per night 371/654 (56.7) 1334/1956 (68.2)
 <6 hours per night 283/654 (43.3) 622/1956 (31.8) 1.64 (1.36 to 1.96) <0.001 1.60 (1.33 to 1.93) <0.001
 N 2610
Sleepiness
 <11 ESS 451/714 (63.2) 1652/2158 (76.6)
 ≥11 ESS 263/714 (36.8) 506/2158 (23.4) 1.90 (1.59 to 2.28) <0.001 1.81 (1.50 to 2.18) <0.001
 N 2872
High DP Low–moderate DP
Sleep duration
 ≥6 hours per night 755/1206 (62.6) 989/1469 (67.3)
 <6 hours per night 451/1206 (37.4) 480/1469 (32.7) 1.23 (1.05 to 1.44) 0.011 1.13 (0.96 to 1.33) 0.151
 N 2675
Sleepiness
 <11 ESS 875/1286 (68.0) 1267/1639 (77.3)
 ≥11 ESS 411/1286 (32.0) 372/1639 (22.7) 1.60 (1.38 to 1.89) <0.001 1.48 (1.23 to 1.78) <0.001
 N 2925
Low PA Moderate–high PA
Sleep duration
 ≥6 hours per night 670/1077 (62.2) 1024/1524 (67.2)
 <6 hours per night 407/1077 (37.8) 500/1524 (32.8) 1.24 (1.06 to 1.46) 0.009 1.24 (1.05 to 1.47) 0.011
 N 2601
Sleepiness
 <11 ESS 867/1224 (70.8) 1213/1627 (74.6)
 ≥11 ESS 357/1224 (29.2) 414/1627 (25.4) 1.21 (1.02 to 1.43) 0.027 1.18 (0.99 to 1.41) 0.061
 N 2851
Overall burnout No overall burnout
Sleep duration
 ≥6 hours per night 279/491 (56.8) 1497/2238 (66.9)
 <6 hours per night 212/491 (43.2) 741/2238 (33.1) 1.54 (1.26 to 1.87) <0.001 1.49 (1.21 to 1.82) <0.001
 N 2729
Sleepiness
 <11 ESS 338/532 (63.5) 1852/2464 (75.2)
 ≥11 ESS 194/532 (36.5) 612/2464 (24.8) 1.74 (1.42 to 2.12) <0.001 1.72 (1.41 to 2.11) <0.001
 N 2996

*The n presented represents the sample for each unadjusted analysis. The n for the adjusted analyses are in online supplementary file 1, table S6.

†Some participants did not provide sufficient information from which to determine their sleep duration and sleepiness. The n presented are from those who answered sufficiently.

‡Adjusted for age, BMI, gender, marital status, hypertension, cigarette use, caffeine use, alcohol use, second job, primary activity, years as police officer, exercise frequency and seniority. Variables included in each model are in online supplementary file 1, table S6, and model fit is reported in online supplementary file 1, table S7.

BMI, body mass index; DP, depersonalisation; EE, emotional exhaustion; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; PA, personal accomplishment.