TY - JOUR AU - Alharbi, Wafa Ibrahim AU - Mahrus, Amani AU - Elsayed, Shadia AU - Alolayan, Albraa B. PY - 2021/10/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Sleep Quality among Nurses during the First Year of Coronavirus Disease 2019 JF - Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Open Access Maced J Med Sci VL - 9 IS - G SE - Nursing in Internal Medicine DO - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.6923 UR - https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/6923 SP - 128-134 AB - <p><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong>Nurses represent the largest section of the health-care workforce, and lack of sleep has an adverse influence on them, particularly during pandemics such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It causes not only health problem but also poor work results and an increased risk of medical errors.</p><p><strong>AIM: </strong>The goal of the study was to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality among nurses during COVID-19 outbreaks.</p><p><strong>MATERIALS AND METHODS: </strong>A cross-sectional analysis was conducted among a group of nurses in the Al-Madinah region of Saudi Arabia at the National Guard Health Affairs in 2020 (1st year of the COVID-19 crisis). Data were collected using a validated questionnaire with two sections: Sociodemographic data such as age, nationality, family status, gender, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>There were 238 nurses in the report. 37.8% of them were found to be between the ages of 31 and 35, while 24.4% were under the age of 30. The nurses were mostly female (84%). Sleep latency, sleep disruption, overall subjective sleep quality, and sleep length were the most widely identified sleep problems. Sixty-six percent of the nurses said they had a poor night’s sleep. None of the demographic variables analyzed had a significant relationship with overall sleep quality.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>Majority of nurses working at the National Guard Health Affairs and primary health-care centers in Al-Medina, Saudi Arabia, experience poor sleep quality, during the 1st year of COVID-19 crisis regardless of their demographic characteristics.</p> ER -