ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2023
The Correlation Between Night Shift Work Schedules, Sleep Quality, and Depression Symptoms.
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- Imbalanced sleep increases mortality risk by 14-34%: a meta-analysis.GeroScience · 2025Pooled it
- Voluntary wheel-running exercise improvement of anxiety or depressive symptoms in different models of depression.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
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- Working against the clock: the impact of shift patterns on cognitive function, mental health, and stimulant use among healthcare workers.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The effect of night shift work on daytime sleepiness and physiological health among pediatric nurses in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations Between Night Shifts and Comorbid Depressive-Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Nurses: Indirect Associations via Sleep Quality and Duration.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Latent Class Analysis of Shift Work Patterns Among Nurses and Its Impact on Anxiety-Depression Comorbidity: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- The impact of night shift workload on nurses' depressive symptoms: a chain mediation analysis of sleep disturbances, social avoidance and fear of missing out.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Poor Sleep Quality Among Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Poor Sleep Quality Among Psychiatry Physicians in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Depressive Symptoms among Psychiatric Nurses in a Hospital: An Analytical Research.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2024Article
- The effect of cumulative night shift duties on insomnia, fatigue, and mental health in intensive care unit.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Sleep quality and fatigue among nurses working in high-acuity clinical settings in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Determinants of sleep quality and their impact on health outcomes: a cross-sectional study on night-shift nurses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Sleep quality and mental health among Chinese nurses after the COVID-19 pandemic: A moderated model.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Poor sleep and depressive symptoms are two negative effects of night shift work on physical and mental health. This study evaluated the correlation between sleep quality and depression symptoms among nurses in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, we assessed depressive symptoms and sleep quality observed among nurses who worked night shifts and compared the outcomes with those who worked exclusively day shifts in hospital settings. Patients and Methods: A total of 191 participants (55.5% men, 44.5% women) participated. The response rate was 63.6%. The hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to assess depression score and sleep quality, respectively. Results: Nurses who worked night shifts had substantially higher PSQI ratings (p<0.05) than those who worked day shifts. In addition, there was a clear relationship between the HADS and PSQI scores. According to the binary logistic regression, longer working hours and inadequate sleep were both independently linked to depressive symptoms among nurses. Conclusion: Poor sleep quality brought on by night shifts may explain why Saudi nurses who work night shifts experience higher rates of depression than those who work day shifts only.
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