Sleep Quality and the Mediating Role of Stress Management on Eating by Nursing Personnel

(1) Background: The work schedule of nursing personnel often involves double or continuous shifts and sources of stress derived from the work context, making it necessary to ensure their rest and eating habits contribute to a healthy lifestyle. The objective of this study was to analyze the mediatin...

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Published in:Nutrients 2019-07, Vol.11 (8), p.1731
Main Authors: Jesús Gázquez Linares, José, Pérez-Fuentes, María Del Carmen, Del Mar Molero Jurado, María, Fátima Oropesa Ruiz, Nieves, Del Mar Simón Márquez, María, Saracostti, Mahia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Diet, Healthy
eating habits
Emotions
Feeding Behavior
Female
health promotion
Humans
lifestyle
Male
Middle Aged
nurses
Nurses - psychology
Occupational Health
Occupational Stress - diagnosis
Occupational Stress - physiopathology
Occupational Stress - psychology
Occupational Stress - therapy
patient care
Risk Factors
Shift Work Schedule
Sleep
stress management
Time Factors
Work Schedule Tolerance
Young Adult
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Summary:(1) Background: The work schedule of nursing personnel often involves double or continuous shifts and sources of stress derived from the work context, making it necessary to ensure their rest and eating habits contribute to a healthy lifestyle. The objective of this study was to analyze the mediating role of stress management on the effect that sleep quality has on uncontrolled and emotional eating by nursing professionals. The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 was applied to measure uncontrolled and emotional eating, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index as a measure of sleep quality, and the EQ-i-20M for the stress management component of emotional intelligence. (2) Methods: A sample of 1073 nurses aged 22 to 57 years was selected for this purpose. (3) Results: The main result of this study was that stress management was a mediator in the effect of sleep quality on uncontrolled and emotional eating. Furthermore, low scores for sleeping problems correlated with high scores for stress management. The results also revealed a strong negative association between stress management and uncontrolled and emotional eating. (4) Conclusions: The results are discussed from the perspective of promoting health at work as well as improving the psychosocial wellbeing of nursing professionals and increasing the quality of patient care.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu11081731