Author Name:- Japman Kaur and Dr. Pooja Varma / Date:- January 2024
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between sleep quality and fatigue among the airport ground staff. Objective: To assess the relationship between sleep quality and fatigue of the ground staff depending upon their shift timings and number of years of work experience. Individuals who were either pilots, airhost, or air hostess; or who were less than 20 years of age, or had work experience less than 3 years, or had any other mental or medical conditions were excluded from the study. A total of 105 ground staff employees ranging between the age of 20-40 years were a part of the study. The tools used to measure the variables were The Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) by Yi. H Shin and Shin C (2006) with test-retest reliability of .81 and validity of .92 and The Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) by Michielsen et al (2003) and the psychometric properties of the scale was found to be .90 through internal consistency method. Results: A Pearson correlation coefficient was computed to assess the relationship between sleep quality and fatigue. There was a positive correlation between the two variables (r = .30, p = .002). Conclusion: Thus, there exists a positive relationship between sleep quality and fatigue and with the help of one-way ANOVA, it was revealed that shift timings and number of years of work experience doesn’t have any effect on the sleep quality and fatigue levels.
