Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2024 Jul 19:15:1363527.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1363527. eCollection 2024.

Sleep quality among emergency nurses and its influencing factors during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Awatif Alrasheeday  1 , Maha Ali Alsaeed  2 , Bushra Alshammari  3 , Farhan Alshammari  4 , Asia Saad Alrashidi  3 , Turki Ahmed Alsaif  5 , Soha Kamel Mahmoud  6   7 , Dolores I Cabansag  3 , Ma Venus Borja  3 , Ahmad R Alsayed  8 , Omaima Mohamed Elalem  6   9 , Shaimaa Mohamed Nageeb  5 , Rania Abd-Elnaby Allam  10 , Tahani Nasser Alhejaili  11 , Haneen Fahad Alsulami  12 , Bahia Galal Abd Elrazik Siam  3   13
Affiliations

Sleep quality among emergency nurses and its influencing factors during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Awatif Alrasheeday et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 has probably contributed to sleep disturbance among nurses, especially those working at emergency departments (EDs). Sleep disorders in nurse managers can negatively impact their health and impair work performance and decision-making. This study aimed to explore the quality of sleep among nurses working in EDs and its influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: In this study, a cross-sectional design was employed to assess the sleep quality of nurses working in EDs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research recruited a convenience sample of emergency nurses, who were selectively sourced from four hospitals in Hail City. This recruitment occurred over the period from April to July 2022. Descriptive data analysis was conducted using SPSS, with the significance level set at 0.05.

Results: Among the 216 participants in the study, the majority (55.6%) were aged between 30 and 39 years, and 73.6% were female. Additionally, 64.4% were married, while 69.4% had a bachelor's degree, 20% held a diploma, and the remaining had a master's degree. Notably, a significant 81.5% of the nurses reported poor sleep quality, as assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), with an overall mean score of 10.55 indicating poor sleep. The study highlighted that poor sleep quality among nurses was linked to being female, being married, and not exercising regularly. Better sleep was associated with nurses who manage fewer patients per shift and have adequate monthly income.

Conclusion: The prevalence of poor sleep quality among Emergency nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic is high. There is a pressing need for targeted interventions to enhance sleep quality among ED nurses. Improving sleep quality is not only essential for the wellbeing of these nurses but is also likely to contribute to better patient care.

Keywords: COVID-19; emergency nurses; factors; sleep disturbances; sleep quality.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
The overall PSQI level of the respondents.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Abraham O., Pu J., Schleiden L. J., Albert S. M. (2017). Factors contributing to poor satisfaction with sleep and healthcare seeking behavior in older adults. Sleep Health 3 43–48. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Aiken L., Clarke S., Sloane D., Sochalski J., Silber J. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA 288 1987–1993. - PubMed
    1. Alharbi A. S., Alshahrani S. M., Alsaadi M. M., Al-Jahdali H. H., Wali S. O., BaHammam A. S. (2021). Sleep quality and insomnia during the COVID-19 lockdown among the Saudi public: A cross-sectional study. Saudi Med. J. 42:384. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Almeida M., Shrestha A., Stojanac D., Miller L. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s mental health. Arch. Womens Ment. Health 23 741–748. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Alshammari B., AlEnazy A., Alshammari F., Madkhali N., Al-Masaeed M. (2022). Investigation of the level and factors influencing emergency department nurses fatigue: A case study of the Saudi Arabian context. Healthcare 10:1294. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources