Brazilian educators of Quipapá/PE that work in three shifts present sleep disturbances

Educadores Brasileiros de Quipapá/PE que trabalham em três turnos apresentam distúrbios do sono

Kelly Cristini  Coelho de Moraes1* Valdenilson  Ribeiro Ribas2, Diego Firmino dos Santos Costa3, Allison José dos Santos4, Maria José Alves da Silva5, Cicera Maria da Silva Lins6, Jose Marcos da Silva Dias7,Valéria  Ribeiro Ribas8, Severino Marcos de Oliveira Carneiro9, Raul Manhães de Castro10.

ABSTRACT

Some works have shown complaints about  insomnia from teachers.  Sleep disturbances  can be facilitators of pathological  processes as diabetes and hypertension. The non restorer sleep can bring consequences such as: irritability, fatigue, memory, concentration  and  attention deficit and  still can  be a cause  of traffic accidents. The objective of this work was to study the presence  of sleep disturbances and excessive sleepiness in Brazilian educators that work in 3 (three) shifts. 121  teachers  of the municipal network of Quipapá/PE were assessed, being 39  subjects that just work in 1 shift, 42  in 2 shifts and  40  in 3 shifts. The subjects were submitted to evaluations by a questionnaire  containing 24 symptoms of sleep disturbances  and  by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Teachers of the municipal network of Quipapá/PE that work in 3 shifts present a larger percentile of sleep disturbances, such as: snoring, respiratory pauses,  waking up gasping, restless sleep, hypnagogic hallucinations, unpleasant  sensation in the legs, movement of limbs, sleep-talking, sleepwalking, nightmares, to feel anxious, tachycardia,  irritability, perspirations  in the hands  and  the presence  of excessive sleepiness.