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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1423216

Prevalence and associated factors of insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses under the context of high prevalence of multiple infectious diseases: a cross-sectional study

Provisionally accepted
Xu Chen Xu Chen 1Bin Wang Bin Wang 2Surui He Surui He 2*Dongmei Liu Dongmei Liu 3*Yu Wang Yu Wang 3*Dongmei Yan Dongmei Yan 1*
  • 1 Lianyungang Maternal and Children’s Hospital, Lianyungang, China
  • 2 Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
  • 3 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

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    Introduction: Insomnia symptoms are prevalent among healthcare workers and represent a potential public health problem. However, there is currently insufficient evidence on insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses under the context of high prevalence of multiple infectious diseases after the pandemic in China. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses in third-grade class-A general hospitals under the context of high prevalence of multiple infectious diseases, and to explore the influence of demographic characteristics, work-related factors, health and lifestyle-related factors on insomnia symptoms. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among doctors and nurses in two third-grade class-A general hospitals. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on demographic characteristics, work-related factors, health and lifestyle-related factors, and insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses. Multivariate logistics regression analysis was applied to identify factors significantly associated with insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses, respectively. Results: A total of 1,004 participants were included in this study, including 503 doctors and 501 nurses. The prevalence of insomnia symptoms in doctors and nurses was 47.7% and 51.3%, respectively. Multivariate logistics regression analysis showed that workplace violence (OR: 1.631, 95% CI: 1.050-2.532), doctor-patient relationship (OR: 1.603, 95% CI: 1.049-2.450), chronic pain (OR: 4.134, 95% CI: 2.579-6.625), chronic disease (OR:1.825, 95% CI: 1.164-2.861), and anxiety symptoms (OR: 2.273, 95% CI: 1.357-3.807) were associated factors with insomnia symptoms in doctors. Education (OR: 0.301, 95% CI: 0.106-0.851), service years (OR: 1.978, 95% CI: 1.304-3.002), weekly working hours (OR: 1.694, 95% CI: 1.061-2.705), chronic pain (OR: 5.359, 95% CI: 3.241-8.860), and anxiety symptoms (OR: 2.472, 95% CI: 1.478-4.136) were associated factors with insomnia symptoms in nurses. Conclusion: The prevalence of insomnia symptoms among doctors and nurses was high, and affected by many factors. This information can inform tailored interventions to insomnia symptoms by doctors and nurses who play an important role in public health.

    Keywords: Insomnia symptoms, Associated factors, doctors, Nurses, China

    Received: 25 Apr 2024; Accepted: 12 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chen, Wang, He, Liu, Wang and Yan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Surui He, Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
    Dongmei Liu, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
    Yu Wang, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
    Dongmei Yan, Lianyungang Maternal and Children’s Hospital, Lianyungang, China

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