Prevalence and Characterization of Sleep Quality and Insomnia in Security Guards Working on the Day and Night Shift in Delhi-NCR

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Abstract Background In today’s modern world, shift working has become an important part of society and industrial work; prolonged wakefulness is a widespread phenomenon due to which the sleep patterns of individuals are getting disturbed, and many sleep disorders are arising. Purpose This study compared the sleep quality and insomnia in the security guards working the day and night shifts. Methods The study comprised 100 security guards from Delhi and the NCR region. Self-administered questionnaires, i.e., PSQI and AIS, were used to assess sleep quality and insomnia. Fifty questionnaires were filled out by the day shift security guards, and the night shift security guards filled out 50. Data were analyzed, and a comparison was made using arithmetic mean and standard deviation. Results The result showed a significant difference in sleep quality and insomnia in day shift versus night shift working security guards. The average mean value of sleep quality scoring on the day shift was 6.2 ± 2.38; on the night shift, it was 8.62 ± 6.36. The average mean value of the score of insomnia was 4.44 ± 2.22 in day shift security guards and 6.28 ± 3.18 in night shift security guards. Conclusion The study concluded that the night shift working security guards had poorer sleep quality, and insomnia was also more prevalent in them than in day shift working security guards.