International Journal of Nursing Education
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

A Study to Assess the Relationship between Sleep Quality and Quality of Life among IT Professionals at SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram District

  • Author:
  • Ushapriya Mathiazhakan1,, B. Jayabharathi2, Lalitha3, Priyankaghosh3, Chinnamani3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 102 to 105

1Assistant Professor, SRM College of Nursing

2Professor, SRM College of Nursing

3B. Sc (N) IV year Students, SRM College of Nursing

*Corresponding Author: Ms. Ushapriya Mathiazhakan, M. Sc (N), Assistant Professor, SRM College of Nursing, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Email: mowazh@gmail.com

Online published on 30 April, 2019.

Abstract

To assess and correlate the sleep quality and quality of life among IT Professionals.

The Research design adopted for the study was Non experimental descriptive-correlational Research design. Sample size for the study was 50.Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. The tool consists of 3 sections

Structured questionnaire was used to assess the demographic variables of IT Professionals.

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess the Sleep Quality Of IT Professionals.

World Health Organization (WHO) Quality Of Life scale was used to assess the quality of life among Information Technology (IT) Professionals.

The results revealed that out of 50 (14%) of IT Professionals had poor Quality of life, 20% of IT Professionals had Excellent Quality of life, 66% of IT Professionals had Good Quality of life. The result revealed that, The P-value of the Pearson's correlation co-efficient is highly significant (since the P-value is lesser than 0.01) and there is significant positive relation (correlation) found between Sleep Quality and Quality of Life of IT Professionals.

The study concludes that, out of 50 (70%) of IT Professionals had Good sleep quality, 30% of IT Professionals had poor sleep quality. It is clear that, if sleep quality is good for IT professionals then their Quality of life will be good.

Keywords

Assess, Sleep quality, Quality of life, IT Professionals