Res Community Public Health Nurs.  2023 Sep;34(3):205-216. 10.12799/rcphn.2023.00220.

Effects of Fatigue and Emotional Labor on Sleep Quality among Apartment Security Guards

• Kim CG
• Jeong S
• Ryu YM
• Park S
• Moon K
• Kwon Y
• Park SA
• Park HO

• KMID: 2551108
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2023.00220

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to identify the effects of fatigue and emotional labor on the quality of sleep among apartment security guards.
Methods
A total of 196 apartment security guards working in 10 different regions participated in the study between July and October 2022, completing questionnaire assessing fatigue (physical imbalance, exhaustion, mental fatigue, and nervous system disfunction), emotional labor, and sleep quality. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, ANOVA including Scheffe’s post hoc, and regression analysis.
Results
183(93.4%) participants were poor sleeper. Regression analysis of the factors influencing sleep quality yielded a significant model (F= 21.56, p<.001) with an explanatory power of 25.0% in the order of fatigue(exhaustion) (β=.28, p<.001), emotional labor (β=.27, p<.001), and subjective economic status (β=.15, p=.017).
Conclusion
It is essential to develop nursing educational programs that reduce exhaustion and emotional labor for improving the quality of sleep.

Keyword

Occupational groups; Fatigue; Work; Sleep Quality; 아파트 경비원; 피로도; 감정노동; 수면의 질