Journal
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
Volume 65, Issue 7, Pages 295-303Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2165079916665397
Keywords
sleep quantity; sleep quality; working conditions; nursing assistants; long-term care
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC) [1 U19 OH008857]
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Work-family conflict is challenging for workers and may lead to depression, anxiety, and overall poor health. Sleep plays an important role in the maintenance of mental health; however, the role of sleep in the association between work-family conflict and mental health is not well-studied. Questionnaires were collected from 650 nursing assistants in 15 nursing homes. Multivariate linear regression modeling demonstrated that increased work-family conflict was associated with lower mental health scores (beta = -2.56, p < .01). More work-family conflict was correlated with more job demands, less job control, less social support, and longer work hours. Poor sleep quality, but not short sleep duration, mediated the association between work-family conflict and mental health. Workplace interventions to improve nursing assistants' mental health should increase their control over work schedules and responsibilities, provide support to meet their work and family needs, and address healthy sleep practices.
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