Observational studyMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2020
The Effects of Social Support on Sleep Quality of Medical Staff Treating Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January and February 2020 in China.
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- The impact of social support on anxiety and depression under the context of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Identifying the effective strategies in reducing the effects of mental health issues caused by COVID-19 pandemic in healthcare providers: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with Tourette syndrome; 1997 to 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Influencing factors of sleep disorders and sleep quality in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of Burnout among Teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Subjective sleep alterations in healthy subjects worldwide during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Sleep medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The psychological impact of COVID-19 on Chinese healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review.Journal of health psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- A study on the correlation among sleep quality in pregnant women, type 2 diabetes risk scores based on FINDRISC, and pregnancy-related anxiety.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Understanding the Psychological Impacts of Shielding From COVID-19 for Immunocompromised Individuals.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Resilience as a mediator of the relationship between perceived social support and public health emergency-related post-traumatic growth among medical staff.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Sustained mental health impacts of COVID-19 among people living with and without HIV in the Dominican Republic.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association of social support with sleep and subjective health outcomes in Ghanaian artisanal miners.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of social support and social constraints on sleep disturbances in patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy: Serial mediators of sleep cognition and anxiety-depression.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Predictors of sleep quality subscales among medical university employees in Iran: a Bayesian analysis of cross-sectional data.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), formerly known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan City, China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a multivariate analysis method to determine the structural relationship between measured variables. This observational study aimed to use SEM to determine the effects of social support on sleep quality and function of medical staff who treated patients with COVID-19 in January and February 2020 in Wuhan, China. MATERIAL AND METHODS A one-month cross-sectional observational study included 180 medical staff who treated patients with COVID-19 infection. Levels of anxiety, self-efficacy, stress, sleep quality, and social support were measured using the and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the Stanford Acute Stress Reaction (SASR) questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Social Support Rate Scale (SSRS), respectively. Pearson's correlation analysis and SEM identified the interactions between these factors. RESULTS Levels of social support for medical staff were significantly associated with self-efficacy and sleep quality and negatively associated with the degree of anxiety and stress. Levels of anxiety were significantly associated with the levels of stress, which negatively impacted self-efficacy and sleep quality. Anxiety, stress, and self-efficacy were mediating variables associated with social support and sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS SEM showed that medical staff in China who were treating patients with COVID-19 infection during January and February 2020 had levels of anxiety, stress, and self-efficacy that were dependent on sleep quality and social support.
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