Analyzing the Role of Stress in Affecting Sleep Quality and Mental Health in Public Institution Employees

Objective: To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and the life status of employees and the influencing factors in the work environment. The project runs from March 2022 to 2023. The study samples were selected from the health management center of a hospital in Shijiazhuang City, which is the management organization providing regular physical examination services for a unit in Shijiazhuang City. The stress level, sleep quality, and mental and physical health of the patients were investigated by using the Stress Self-assessment Scale (SSQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Scale (PSQI), and Symptom Self-rating Scale 90 (SCL-90). Then, the SPSS25.0 statistical analysis tool and corresponding auxiliary tools are used to analyze the correlation between variables and their regulatory effect under pressure. Finally, a total of 1022 samples were obtained, of which 984 were valid, and the effective rate was 98.2%. Through the analysis of the samples, it was found that the sleep state was significantly positively correlated with mental and physical health (r = 0.620, p < 0.01). The sleep status was positively correlated with the stress level of the subjects (r = 0.677, p < 0.01), and the mental health status of the subjects was positively correlated with the stress level of the subjects (r = 0.779, p < 0.01). Sleep quality is affected by stress, and the explanation for the effect of stress reaches the level of 5.991, with 95% confidence in the range of 5.412 to 6.611. Conclusion: There is a positive correlation between work stress and sleep quality and psychological problems of working environment employees, and work stress plays an intermediary role in sleep quality and psychological problems.