Sleep duration and quality of Brazilian nursing staff who work in shifts

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 77; no. 2; p. e20230167
• Main Authors: Silva, Rosângela Marion da, Zeitoune, Regina Célia Gollner, Lenz, Flávia Camef Dorneles, Pretto, Carolina Renz, Santos, Katerine Moraes Dos, Magnago, Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza, Centenaro, Alexa Pupiara Flores Coelho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Brazil; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Hospitals, Public; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nursing Staff - psychology; Nursing Staff - statistics & numerical data; Nursing, Team; Original; Shift Work Schedule; Signs and Symptoms; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Sleep Duration; Sleep Quality; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; Work Schedule Tolerance - psychology; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0167

to analyze sleep duration and sleep quality in nursing professionals who work in shifts. this is a cross-sectional, analytical research, carried out between September 2017 and April 2018, at a public hospital in southern Brazil, with the nursing team. A socio-occupational and health symptoms questionnaire, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used. Data are presented as descriptive and inferential statistics, bivariate analysis, and binary logistic regression. participants were 308 nursing professionals with a predominance of long-term sleep, absence of drowsiness, and poor sleep quality. Short-term sleep (<6h) was associated with day shift and poor sleep quality. Sleep quality was associated with presence excessive daytime sleepiness and work day shift. work shift, insomnia and headache were the main factors related short-term sleep for nursing professionals. The results may justify the development of intervention research for workers' health.