Sleep and occupational well-being in active duty special operations soldiers: A replication and expansion.

Abstract Objective To assess the relationship between sleep quality and occupational well-being in active duty military Service Members. Design Longitudinal prospective analysis. Setting An annual military training event. Participants US Army special operations Soldiers (n = 60; 100% male; age 25.41 ± 3.74). Intervention None. Measurements The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was administered prior to the training event, and the Emotional Exhaustion Scale, the Role Overload Scale, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Soldier-Specific Functional Impairment Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale were administered after the event. Linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between sleep and occupational wellness measures, and the outcome measures of “good” and “poor” sleepers (per the PSQI scoring criteria) were compared with Student's t tests. Results Higher (poorer) PSQI Global Scores predicted poorer occupational wellness of all measures (emotional exhaustion: B = 1.60, P Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that US Army special operations Soldiers who have poorer sleep quality may be at increased risk for having poorer occupational well-being.