Because health care workers are already at high risk for coronavirus infection while treating patients with the disease, researchers tried to find out if sleep and burnout could be a cause. additional risk factors for COVID-19 are among those numbers. They regularly surveyed online healthcare workers in contact with patients with COVID-19 (N = 2884), such as those in emergency or intensive care units, of 6 countries (France, Germany , Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States).
Voting respondents from July 17 to September 25, 2020, all participants provided self-reported information on demographics, sleep (number of hours of sleep at night, nappy hours during the day, sleep problems), firing from work, and COVID-19 exposures. Researchers used multivariable linear and logistic regression models to assess the associations among sleep, burnout, and COVID-19.
Of the study group, 568 health care workers had COVID-19, with the remaining 2316 serving as controls. It was noted that those who were infected were slightly younger, more likely to be physicians, and more likely to use internal therapy. In addition, infectious respondents were more likely to report fewer hours of sleep at night, slightly more hours during the day, 1 or more sleep problems, and burnout from work at least per week. month.
After adjusting for antagonists, researchers found that every hour of sleep at night was associated with a 12% lower incidence of COVID-19 infection (odds ratio). [OR], 0.88; 95% CI, 0.81-0.96; P. = .003). On the other hand, a 1-hour increase in nappy hours during the day was associated with a 6% greater risk of COVID-19 (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01–1.12; P. = .03), but society varied by country, with a non-partisan non-governmental association found in Spain.
Specifically, participants who reported 3 sleep problems (sleep difficulty at night, poor sleep continuity, frequent sleep pill use) were associated with almost 2-fold odds of COVID-19 (OR, 1.88; 95 % CI, 1.17-3.01; P.movement = .22).
In addition to sleep issues, daily reported daily burn was reported to be associated with more than 2 times greater COVID-19 (OR, 2.60; 95% CI, 1.57–4.31, P.movement = .001), as well as a significantly longer duration (OR, 2.98; 95% CI, 1.10–8.05, P.movement = .02) and depth (OR, 3.26; 95% CI, 1.25–8.48; P.movement = .02), as opposed to reporting no firing.
These associations remained significant after adjusting for the frequency of COVID-19 exposures.
“This study highlights an often overlooked area of well-being: the need for sleep time and quality recycling to prevent burns and its effects,” said Minha Rajput-Ray, MBChB, director medical NNEdPro Global Health & Health Center, which owns the journal by BMJ, in a statement. “From an occupational therapy and lifestyle perspective, a better understanding of the impact of shift work and sleep is essential for the wellbeing of healthcare workers and other key workers.”
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Kim H, Hegde S, LaFiura C, et al. COVID-19 sleep and burn disorders. BMJ Nutr Prev Health. Published online March 22, 2021. doi: 10.1136 / bmjnph-2021-000228