Sleep Habits and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in a Population of Spanish Health Care Employees

The aim of the study is to assess the sleep habits and prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in Spanish health care workers and the relationship between sleep habits, EDS, anthropometric measurements, work shift, sleep apnea risk, and work commute traffic accidents. We conducted a cross-sectional observational study on subjects undergoing an annual medical screening administered by the Occupational Risk Prevention Unit at a hospital in Spain, providing anthropometric data and self-completed questionnaires: Epworth Sleepiness Scale, sleep habits questionnaire, Berlin Questionnaire and self-reported “work commute” traffic accident. Logistic regression models were performed to analyze factors associated with EDS and work commute traffic accidents.