Keimyung Med J.  2022 Dec;41(2):97-102. 10.46308/kmj.2022.00192.

Insomnia Severity and Its Influencing Factors of Nurses Caring the COVID-19 Patients

• Yang YY

• KMID: 2536903
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.46308/kmj.2022.00192

Abstract

The sleep disturbance of nurses participating in patient care is under threat amid the Coronaviurs Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to identify the insomnia severity and its influencing factors on 154 nurses who participated in patient care at a dedicated hospital for COVID-19 in June 2020 in South Korea. In our participants, insomnia severity score was 12.05 point, and 63.0% (n = 97) reported having insomnia (insomnia severity score ≥ 10). The most common insomnia symptom in the insomnia group (n = 97) was sleep fragmentation (54.6%). In this study, anxiety influence nurse’s insomnia severity. Therefore, a management program should be designed to improve the sleep disturbance of nurses during the current pandemic. In particular, a solution to reduce anxiety is requires special attention.

Keyword

Anxiety; COVID-19; Insomnia; Nurses; Sleep