ArticleJournal of sleep research2021
Caring for the carers: Advice for dealing with sleep problems of hospital staff during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- Lessons learned from a cross-sectional survey among patients and staff in an acute psychiatric unit during an ongoing pandemic outbreak.Psychiatry research · 2021Article
- Caring for the carers: Advice for dealing with sleep problems of hospital staff during the COVID-19 outbreak.Journal of sleep research · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2021Article
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- Fibromyalgia in Health Care Worker During COVID-19 Outbreak in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Occupational stressors, mental health, and sleep difficulty among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating roles of cognitive fusion and cognitive reappraisal.Journal of contextual behavioral science · 2021Article
- Burden of Sleep Disturbance During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Review
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Abstract
Hospital staff are at the frontline in the COVID-19 outbreak. The stressors they experience may induce sleep problems in a population already at risk. Sleep deprivation, long shifts and insomnia in hospital staff have been associated with individual, organizational and public health hazards. These include increased risk of mental and somatic disorders, altered immune responses, medical errors, misunderstandings, drowsy driving and burnout. In March 2020, the World Health Organization called for providing access to mental health and counselling for health professionals involved in the COVID-19 outbreak. To answer this call, we propose practical advice for the management of sleep problems (sleep deprivation, insomnia and shift work) that can be included in supportive interventions. The advice is based on psychobiological principles of sleep regulation and on guidelines for the treatment of insomnia and was implemented within an initiative offering psychological support to the staff of three university hospitals in Rome.
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