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. 2020 Sep 23;10(9):e035544. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035544

Table 1.

Characteristics of all the participants and classified according to self-reported sleep quality

All participants Sleep quality P value
Very good (n=103) Good (n=441) Poor (n=166)
Age mean, years (SD) 49.0 (9.7) 47.5 (10.6) 49.1 (9.7) 49.8 (9.2) 0.072
Gender, n (%) 0.10
 Female 631 (88.9) 85 (13.5) 397 (62.9) 149 (23.6)
 Male 79 (11.1) 18 (22.8) 44 (55.7) 17 (21.5)
Education, n (%) 0.36
 Vocational school 21 (3) 4 (19.1) 14 (66.7) 3 (14.3)
 College-level 361 (51.6) 53 (14.7) 232 (64.3) 76 (21.1)
 University-level 318 (45.4) 45 (14.2) 188 (59.1) 85 (26.7)
Cohabiting, n (%) 0.64
 Yes 575 (81.2) 83 (14.4) 353 (61.4) 139 (24.2)
 No 133 (18.8) 20 (15.0) 86 (64.7) 27 (20.3)
3-shift work, n (%) 0.41
 Yes 76 (10.9) 15 (19.7) 44 (57.9) 17 22.4)
 No 620 (89.1) 87 (14.0) 386 (62.3) 147 (23.7)
Smoking, n (%) 0.45
 Yes 64 (9.0) 9 (14.1) 44 (68.8) 11 (17.2)
 No 645 (91.0) 94 (14.6) 396 (61.4) 155 (24.0)
Harmful alcohol consumption, n (%) 0.55
 Yes 101 (14.2) 18 (17.8) 59 (58.4) 24 (23.8)
 No 609 (85.8) 85 (14.0) 382 (62.7) 142 (23.3)
Body mass index mean (95% CI) 26.8 (26.42 to 27.13) 26.4 (25.50 to 27.25) 27.0 (26.54 to 27.46) 26.5 (25.72 to 27.24) 0.92
Disease burden*, n (%) 0.0016
 Yes 468 (65.9) 55 (11.8) 289 (61.8) 124 (26.5)
 No 242 (34.1) 48 (19.8) 152 (62.8) 42 (17.4)
Depression (MDI), n (%) 0.016
 Yes 9 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (33.3) 6 (66.7)
 No 701 (98.7) 103 (14.7) 438 (62.5) 160 (22.8)
MDI mean score (95% CI) 5.0 (4.57 to 5.43) 2.4 (1.75 to 2.97) 4.1 (3.59 to 4.51) 9.2 (8.09 to 10.27) <0.0001
Level of anxiety (GAD-7), n (%) <0.0001
 No anxiety 534 (75.2) 92 (17.2) 343 (64.2) 99 (18.5)
 Mild anxiety 143 (20.1) 10 (7.0) 85 (59.4) 48 (33.6)
 Moderate anxiety 26 (3.7) 1 (3.9) 10 (38.5) 15 (57.7)
 Severe anxiety 7 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (42.9) 4 (57.1)
BBI15 mean total score (95% CI) 31.6 (30.82 to 32.41) 28.3 (26.43 to 30.23) 31.0 (30.05 to 31.99) 35.4 (33.60 to 37.20) <0.0001
Occupational stress (BBI15), n (%) <0.0001
 No stress 592 (89.4) 97 (16.4) 374 (63.2) 121 (20.4)
 Stress 70 (10.6) 3 (4.3) 38 (54.3) 29 (41.4)
Sleep duration mean (95% CI) 7.00 (6.93 to 7.07) 7.50 (7.35 to 7.66) 7.17 (7.09 to 7.24) 6.23 (6.09 to to 6.38) <0.0001
EUROHIS mean score (95% CI) 4.07 (4.03 to 4.11) 4.38 (4.30 to 4.45) 4.09 (4.05 to 4.14) 3.83 (3.75 to 3.91) <0.0001
WAS mean score (95% CI) 8.31 (8.21 to 8.41) 8.99 (8.78 to 9.20) 8.34 (8.22 to 8.46) 7.80 (7.55 to 8.04) <0.0001
Level of work ability (WAS), n (%) <0.0001
 Poor 27 (3.8) 1 (3.7) 12 (44.4) 14 (51.9)
 Moderate 114 (16.1) 3 (2.6) 69 (60.5) 42 (36.8)
 Good 459 (64.9) 61 (13.3) 298 (64.9) 100 (21.8)
 Excellent 107 (15.2) 37 (34.6) 60 (56.1) 10 (9.4)

*At least one chronic disease diagnosed by a physician.

BBI15, Bergen Burnout Indicator 15; EUROHIS, EUROHIS QOL 8-item index; GAD-7, General Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale; MDI, Major Depression Inventory; WAS, Work Ability Score.