Sleep and Motion Disorders of Physicians and Nurses Working in Hospitals Facing the Pandemic of COVID 19.
Med Arch
; 74(3): 210-215, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-721612
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Several research studies have started to investigate the health conditions of medical doctors and nurses in order to find a relationship if any between their work environment, their usually heavy duties and the result of these two parametric on patients' health.AIM:
The present research study is an effort to investigate the relationship between the physical activity and sleep disorders among health care professionals, particularly among medical doctors and nurses.METHODS:
Participants of the study were asked to fill a questionnaire which was a mixture of other internationally accredited questionnaires regarding physical activity level as well as sleeping functions. Data were collected among 204 physicians and nurses. The statistical analysis revealed a correlation between physical activity and some aspects of sleep disorders.RESULTS:
A total number of 204 questionnaires have been distributed to medical doctors and nurses working in public hospitals in Athens Greece from the middle of February until the middle of April 2020. The hospitals were assigned by the health authorities to the fight of the pandemic of COVID 19. The majority of the participants were women 71,3% and 28,7% were men. From a total of 204 half of them were medical doctors and half of them were nurses. 43% were married, 49% were single and 8% were divorced and there were no widows. Regarding the participant nurses, 43% had a university degree and 38,4% had a technological education degree. The results of the statistical analysis showed that there are positive correlations between the level of physical activity during the daily work and the free time of the participants with parameters that are related to sleep disorders.CONCLUSION:
The sample of the study was not a large one but nevertheless a stressful situation such as is the epidemic of COVID19 can provide useful information in order to better understand the relationship between physical activity and sleeping disorders in such working conditions.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Sleep Wake Disorders
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Exercise
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Coronavirus Infections
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Hospitalists
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Occupational Stress
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Arch
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medarh.2020.74.210-215
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