Sleep disturbances among Chinese clinical nurses in general hospitals and its influencing factors

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Comparison of different research subjects with sleep disturbances

Factor	NO. of subjects	Subjects with PSQI > 5	Prevalence (%)	χ2	p
Gender	4951	3163	63.9	8.15	0.004
Male	284	159	56.0
Female	4667	3004	64.4
Age				183.836	<0.001
20–29	1932	1057	54.7
30–39	1455	934	64.2
40–49	987	689	69.8
50 and above	577	483	83.7
Marital status				1.534	0.215
Married	3187	2016	63.3
Unmarried	1764	1147	65.0
Years of service				159.765	<0.001
1–9	1893	1012	53.5
10–19	1421	948	66.7
20–29	953	705	74.0
≥30	684	498	72.8
Educational background				2.629	0.453
Lower than junior college	1269	792	62.4
Junior college	2063	1314	63.7
Bachelor	987	643	65.1
Master or above	632	414	65.5
Night shift frequency (per month)				29.279	<0.001
Few	831	468	56.3
General	1921	1224	63.7
Many	2199	1471	66.9
Department				14.751	0.022
Internal medicine	1752	1101	62.8
Surgical department	1307	811	62.1
of pediatrics	431	278	64.5
of gynecology and obstetrics	373	237	63.5
Emergency department	605	412	68.1
ICU	264	189	71.6
Operating room	219	135	61.6
Employment status				14.028	<0.001
Permanent	2483	1523	61.3
Temporary	2468	1640	66.5
Professional status				10.37	0.016
Registered nurse	1069	671	62.8
Primary	2127	1408	66.2
Intermediate	934	589	63.1
Senior/deputy senior	821	495	60.3

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