Abstract:
To study quality of sleep, mental health status and related factors among cabin attendants in Thai Airways International public company. The stratified systematic sampling was done to enroll 261 subjects. Data were collected by using self report questionnaire to assess for demographic information, flight operational data and physical environmental for sleep. Quality of sleep and insomnia was assessed by using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), insomnia questionnaire subjectively. Mental health was investigated with SCL-90 (Symptom checklist). Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS for windows. The data were analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square, t-test, Pearson product moment correlation coefficiancy and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results were revealed that 57.9% of cabin attendants had poor quality of sleep, 60.2% and 18.8% had insomnia and mental health problem. Factors related to quality of sleep were male gender, single, inadequate income, sick leave, smoking, alcohol consumption, current use of hypnotic medication, short haul flight operations during 12.00 pm.-18.00 pm., long haul flight operations from Europe and Australia to Thailand, bright light, hungry and thirsty disturbed to sleep and 9 dimensions of mental heath problem. There was a high correlation between the score of SCL-90 and PSQI at the 0.01-0.05 level. The factors that predicted quality of sleep of cabin attendants were alcohol consumption, anxiety, hostility, low temperature at hotel room, inadequate income and male gender.