Predictores de mala calidad del sueño en profesionales sanitarios hospitalarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2025.92135Keywords:
COVID-19, Health Personnel, Nursing, Sleep, Sleep QualityAbstract
Objective: to analyze predictors of poor sleep quality among hospital healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: cross-sectional study involving 244 healthcare professionals from inpatient and intensive care units working on the COVID-19 frontline in Teresina, Piauí. Data collection occurred between September 2022 and May 2023 using self-administered questionnaires containing sociodemographic data and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Descriptive analyses and binary logistic regression were performed to identify predictors of poor sleep quality. All ethical requirements were observed. Results: predictors of poor sleep quality included anxiety, sleep difficulties, sadness, mental and physical fatigue, stress, distress, frustration, altered sleep patterns, and daytime sleepiness. Conclusion: poor sleep quality was associated with mental health factors, physical fatigue, and sleep pattern disturbances.
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