Characteristics of the sleep quality, stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in nurses of therapeutic departments and nurses working in departments provided help to patients with coronavirus disease COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.11603/bmbr.2706-6290.2022.1.12967Keywords:
insomnia, stress, anxiety, nurses, COVID-19Abstract
Summary. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a serious experience not only for Ukrainian society, but for the whole humanity, negatively affecting the healthcare systems of many countries and increasing the risk of psychological disorders among medical staff.
The aim of the study – to examine the frequency and severity of sleep disorders, stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in nurses working in therapeutic units and in units where patients with COVID-19 coronavirus disease are treated.
Materials and Methods. A total of 56 therapeutic nurses took part in the study, of whom 30 worked in therapeutic departments and 26 in specialized departments where care for patients with coronavirus COVID-19 is provided. We used a subjective sleep assessment questionnaire to clinically assess the severity of insomnia. To assess stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses used the SAVE-9 questionnaire for medical staff. Statistical data processing was performed using standard “Statistica” information processing software.
Results. Sleep disturbances among the nurses of therapeutic profile who work in the departments where care is provided to patients with COVID-19 were found in 42.3 % (n=11) of respondents. According to the structure of sleep disorders were distributed as follows: presomnia (sleep initiation disorders) were observed in 50.0 % (n=13); intrasomnic (sleep support disorders) – in 30.8 % (n=4); postsomnic (awakening disorders) – in 19.2 % (n=4); daytime sleepiness – in 30.8 % (n=8) of respondents. An analysis of the SAVE-9 mean score in therapeutic nurses working in COVID-19 care units found that the mean stress and anxiety level in the study group was (14.5±0.62) points. This result is statistically significantly higher (by 42.2 %) than in the group of nurses of therapeutic departments (p<0.05).
Conclusions. Significantly higher levels of sleep, stress, and anxiety disorders were found in therapeutic nurses working in COVID-19 care units than in therapeutic nurses, which indicate the need to develop and implement a number of preventive measures for nurses involved in providing care to patients with acute coronavirus disease to ensure their quality and effective professional activities.
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