Effect of health education on sleep quality of healthcare workers in Malaysia government health clinics

Health education Phase one - one day health education, discussion and group presentation - Delivered by medical officer with minimum 5 years' experience - Mode of delivery: face to face - One session of 8 hours seminar to be given to participants - Seminar details (duration 8 hours) i. 1st health talk (45 minutes presentation, 10 quiz, 5 minutes Q&A) that covers sleep physiology ie sleep stages, and importance of sleep. ii. 2nd health talk (45 minutes presentation, 10 quiz, 5 minutes Q&A) that covers components of sleep quality, risk factors, adverse health outcome and non-health implications due to poor sleep quality, and sleep disorders. iii. 3rd health talk (45 minutes presentation, 10 quiz, 5 minutes Q&A) that covers ten sleep hygiene practices and other behavioural approaches to improve sleep quality. iv. Lunch break & prayer (60 minutes) v Group discussion (120 minutes) with one group consists of 4 participants who will discuss on how to incorporate the concept of health belief model into the application of sleep hygiene practice in their daily lives, and how to improve their sleep quality in long term. vi. Group presentation (120 minutes) with each group given 20 minutes to present their discussion outcome using visual aids. Phase two - weekly text messages for four consecutive weeks as reminders. 1st message: reminders for five sleep hygiene practices using mnemonic TIDUR (sleep in Malay language). 2nd message: reminders for another five sleep hygiene practices using mnemonic SLEEP. 3rd message: reminders on seven indicators of good sleep quality. 4th message: reminders of benefits (individual, career, social) by improving sleep quality with sleep hygiene practice.