ArticleSleep medicine2022
A year in review: sleep dysfunction and psychological distress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article in Sleep medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the mental health symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2022Pooled it
- Autonomic Dysfunction and Sleep Disorder in 35 Autoimmune Encephalitis.Sleep medicine: X · 2026Article
- Well-Being and Cognitive Factors Influencing Health Care Workers' Adherence to Internet-Based Stress Management: Mixed Methods Analysis of a Nonrandomized Controlled Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Mental health outcomes among U.S. healthcare workers before, during, and after the 2019 global respiratory pandemic: A population-based study.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Mental health during COVID-19 through Online Photovoice (OPV) in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychological impact of an epidemic on the mental health of medical staff: a case study of mobile cabin hospitals in Beijing during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sleep and Mental Health: the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Professionals.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Psychological resilience to trauma and longitudinal sleep outcomes among current and former nurses.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- Impact of crisis intervention on mental health in the context of specific civilian emergencies.PloS one · 2025Article
- A longitudinal study of healthcare workers' mental health during Western Australia's unique policy response to COVID-19.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work and Sleep Quality in Healthcare Workers - A Cross-Sectional Study.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Article
- The relationship between corona disease anxiety and sleep disturbances and suicidal ideation in medical staff: The mediating role of resiliency and cognitive flexibility: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Characteristics of Sleep Disturbance and Comparison Across Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Article
- Healthcare worker burnout during a persistent crisis: a case-control study.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Article
- Mental health symptoms and associated factors among primary healthcare workers in China during the post-pandemic era.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Outbreak Among Emergency Department Healthcare Workers.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiety and stress among clinical therapists in China in the context of early COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The Covid-19 outbreak has taken a substantial toll on the mental and physical wellbeing of healthcare workers (HCWs), impacting healthcare systems at a global scale. One year into the pandemic, the need to establish the prevalence of sleep dysfunction and psychological distress in the face of COVID-19, identify risk and protective factors and explore effective countermeasures remains of critical importance. Despite implicit limitations relating to the quality of available studies, a plethora of evidence to-date suggests that a considerable proportion of HCWs experience significant sleep disturbances (estimated to afflict every two in five HCWs) as well as mood symptoms (with more than one in five reporting high levels of depression or anxiety). Younger age, female gender, frontline status, fear or risk of infection, occupation, current or past mental health concerns, and a lower level of social support were all associated with a greater risk of disturbed sleep and adverse psychological outcomes. Furthermore, we discuss the link between sleep deprivation, susceptibility to viral infections and psychosocial wellbeing, in relevance to COVID-19 and summarize the existing evidence regarding the presence and predictors of traumatic stress/PTSD and burnout in HCWs. Finally, we highlight the role of resilience and tailored interventions in order to mitigate vulnerability and prevent long-term physical and psychological implications. Indeed, promoting psychological resilience through an enhanced social support network has proven crucial for HCWs in coping under these strenuous circumstances. Future research should aim to provide high quality information on the long-term consequences and the effectiveness of applied interventions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.