Correlation Between Quality of Sleep and Occupational Burnout Among Hospital Workers

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the correlation between quality of sleep and occupational burnout. The sample of the study consisted of 299 hospital workers. The result shown that 25.75 percent of the workers had poor sleep quality with risky and high level of occupational burnout, were greater than the population mean and greater than the average of general healthcare workers. From the study of correlation between quality of sleep and level of occupational burnout, it was found that significant correlation between quality of sleep and level of occupational burnout symptoms was at 0.01 level (p < 0.001). It is recommended that the hospital management shall develop policies to provide assistance to corporate-level and individual workers to prevent other possible physical and mental illnesses in future.