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The association between diet quality scores with sleep quality among employees: A cross-sectional study
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  • Hossein bavi behbahani,
  • Fatemeh Borazjani,
  • leila sheikhi,
  • Rezvan Amiri,
  • Kambiz Ahmadi Angali,
  • Sudabeh Basak Nejad,
  • Mahsa Samadani
Hossein bavi behbahani
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences
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Fatemeh Borazjani
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences
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leila sheikhi
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences
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Rezvan Amiri
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences
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Kambiz Ahmadi Angali
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences
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Sudabeh Basak Nejad
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
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Mahsa Samadani
Ahvaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences

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Abstract

Background: Various studies show that the quality of sleep, in employees can be effective in improving the quality and performance of their work. Numerous factors such as nutrition and diet can affect the quality of sleep of people, especially employees. This study was performed to investigate the relationship between food quality scores (HEI, DII and DASH score) and sleep quality in employees. Materials and methods: The present cross-sectional study was performed on 211 employees with a mean age of 38.75±11.31. Nutritional status of individuals was determined through the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and to assess sleep quality, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)was used which contains questions about delay, duration, sleep effectiveness, sleep disorders, sleeping pills and daily dysfunction. The quality of sleep decreases with increasing Pittsburgh index score. The calculated dietary quality scores include DASH Dietary Adherence Index, Healthy Nutrition Index (HEI) and Diet Inflammation Index (DII). Results: The results of this study after adjusting for confounding factors including age, sex, daily energy intake and BMI showed a significant positive relationship between DASH diet score and sleep duration (p <0.001). There was a significant negative relationship between HEI score and total score of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (P = 0.003). Also, HEI score had a significant positive relationship with sleep duration in the unmodified and modified models (p <0.001), and a significant negative relationship was seen in unadjusted and modified model between DII score and sleep duration (p <0.001). Conclusion: DASH and HEI score had a significant positive relationship with sleep duration and DII had a significant negative relationship with sleep duration. HEI also significantly improved sleep quality.