Relationship between sleep quality and mental health status of petition workers in Jinan
Objective This study aims to explore the relationship between the sleep quality and mental health status of petition workers to provide a basis for future mental health interventions.Methods A survey was conducted on 352 petition workers using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)and the Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90).Results The positive detection rate of mental health problems among petition workers was 25.6%.The overall scores and scores for somatization,compulsion,depression,anxiety,terror,paranoia,and psychosis were higher than the national norms one,with statistical significance(P<0.05).Compared to the national norms two,Petition workers also had higher scores on factors such as somatization,obsession-compulsion,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,phobic anxie-ty,paranoid ideation,and psychoticism,and these differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).The detection rate of sleep quality problems was 11.9%,and the mental health positive rate of petition workers with sleep quality problems was higher than those without sleep quality problems(χ2 = 33.087,P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis revealed positive correlations between PSQI total score and six sleep factors(sleep quality,sleep latency,sleep duration,sleep dis-orders,sleep medications,and daytime dysfunction)and SCL-90 total score as well as its factors(P<0.05).Logistic re-gression analysis showed that besides educational level and years of work experience,sleep disorders and daytime dys-function in sleep quality were two risk factors for psychological health[β=1.35,OR(95%CI)= 3.844(2.09~7.06);β=1.67,OR(95%CI)= 5.316(2.95~9.60)].Conclusion There are some problems in the mental health of petition workers in Jinan city which is related to sleep quality.The more severe the sleep disorders and daytime dysfunction,the worse the mental health of the petition workers.