Psychological factors and insomnia among male civil servants in Japan

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-214

  Murata, Chiyoe ^a   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^b   Tamakoshi, Koji ^b   Otsuka, Rei ^b   Wada, Keiko ^b   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagoya University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Civil servants; Insomnia; Job stressors; Middle age; Perceived stress; Sleep complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947699431     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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