Sleep disturbances among physicians during COVID-19 pandemic
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(2020) 13:493 Alnofaiey et al. BMC Res Notes https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05341-6
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Sleep disturbances among physicians during COVID‑19 pandemic Yasser H. Alnofaiey1, Haneen A. Alshehri2* , Maram M. Alosaimi2, Shrooq H. Alswat2, Raghad H. Alswat2, Rahaf M. Alhulayfi2, Meteb A. Alghamdi2 and Reem M. Alsubaie3
Abstract Objectives: To assess prevalence and related factors of sleep disturbances among Saudi physicians during COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through a questionnaire including items about demographic characters, knowledge about covid-19 and items to assess sleep quality that were extracted from Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale. Results: Prevalence of sleep disorders was 43.9%, doctors in the age group of 31–40 years, associate consultants had a significant higher prevalence of sleep disorders. Medical interns and laboratory/pathology/microbiology doctors had a significant more difficulty in fall asleep during COVID-19, and internists and surgeons had a significant higher percent of those who used sleeping pills. Resident doctors had a significant higher percent of having trouble in staying awake, and residents and consultants had a significant higher percent of those who suffered decreased sleep duration. Sleep quality during COVID-19 was very good, fair good and very bad in 23.4%, 60% and 3.5% of HCW respectively. The study observed a negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HCW sleep quality. Hospitals administrations should provide optimal working hours with enough break and employ more doctors during the pandemic. Doctors experiencing sleep problems should have mandatory leaves. Keywords: Sleep, Disturbances, Physicians, COVID-19, Pandemic, Saudi Introduction COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread to become a global pandemic. [1–4]. Clinical manifestations include mainly fever (99%), fatigue (70%), dry cough (60%), myalgia (44%), and dyspnea at the onset of the disease [5, 6]. Treatment of COVID-19 is mostly supportive and no known effective specific treatment exists [7]. All people during COVID-19 pandemic have fears of getting infected or infecting others [8]. Health care workers face other stresses, such as absence of clear strategy to follow and an increased risk of exposure to aerosols [8]. Sleep disorders involve problems either in the quality, timing or amount of sleep [9, 10]. Studies from China *Correspondence: [email protected] 2 Medical Student, KSA, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
identified that healthcare workers were at high risk for poor sleep quality during COVID-19 epidemic [11], and high prevalence of post-traumatic stress syndrome and poor sleep quality [12]. No published studies addressed the problem of sleep quality during COVID-19 epidemic in Saudi Arabia. The current study aimed to assess prevalence and related factors of sleep disturbances among Saudi physicians of the Western province of Kingdom of Saudi A
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