Understanding the process for developing sleep disorders among Japanese workers: a qualitative study

Health Promotion Perspectives Volume 11 Issue 1 Page 87-96 published_at 2021-02-07
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Understanding the process for developing sleep disorders among Japanese workers: a qualitative study
Creator
Huq KATM Ehsanul
Jahan Yasmin
Source Title
Health Promotion Perspectives
Volume 11
Issue 1
Start Page 87
End Page 96
Abstract
Background: Sleep disorders have an enormous impact on occupational health and are counterproductive from an economic perspective. However, the processes of causing sleep disorders from psychosocial aspects have not yet been known. The purpose of this study was to describe how sleep disorders develop among workers with respect to different psychosocial conditions.
Methods: A conventional qualitative content analysis was conducted with a semi-structured interview among twenty-seven workers (14 males and 13 females) who were diagnosed with sleep disorders or had a self-reported history of sleep difficulties. Study participants were recruited from a specialized clinic and communities using snowball sampling. This paper adhered to the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) checklist.
Results: The results showed that there were four steps involved in the sleep disorders development process. Firstly, participants with sleep disorders developed ‘early warning signs’ with 11 categories of triggers; secondly, ‘aggravating factors’ on top of these early warning signs; thirdly, workers tried to ‘cope with’ their sleep disorders in the ways they thought would be effective. Finally, when coping failed to improve the quality of sleep, it led to the onset of sleep disorders.
Conclusion: The development of sleep disorders and triggers of psychosocial factors were revealed. An occupational health nurse can bring these findings in practice for preventing worker’s sleep disorders.
Keywords
Sleep disorders
Workers
Psychosocial factors
Occupational health
Descriptions
This study is carried out with funding of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Program (KAKENHI), Japan (No.15H05078).
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Date of Issued 2021-02-07
Rights
© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 2228-6497
[DOI] 10.34172/hpp.2021.12
[DOI] https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2021.12