Prevalence of Poor Sleep Quality Among Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Cureus
; 13(1): e12948, 2021 Jan 27.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1116518
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Sleep quality is influenced adversely or favorably by various intrinsic and extrinsic factors and sleep deprivation is a common problem facing doctors.OBJECTIVES:
To assess sleep quality among physicians during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and correlate it with possible predictors.METHODS:
This cross-sectional four-months study included a total of 344 physicians from different medical centers in the period between July 2020 and October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians were aged between 24 and 60 years from different specialties. Data were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS).RESULTS:
Among our participant physicians there was poor sleep quality in 71.2%, while good sleep quality was present in 28.8%. There were significant correlations between poor sleep quality and the following parameters in the univariate logistic regressionanalysis:
anxiety features (P value <0.001), depressive features (P value <0.001), and past history of COVID-19 (P value 0.003). However, multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that only the presence of anxiety features (P value <0.001) and depressive features (P value <0.001) could be used as significant independent predictor of poor sleep quality among physicians during COVID-19.CONCLUSION:
Presence of anxiety and or depressive features among physicians are the most significant independent predictors of poor sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Cureus
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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