ArticleThe Psychiatric quarterly2025
Sleep and Mental Health: the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Professionals.
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Important stressors were at play during the COVID-19 pandemic, representing a burden for healthcare professionals around the world. Some of these stressors were related to the available structure and experience these professionals had, while others were related to being in frontline positions. Evaluating which of these characteristics was associated with the worsening of mental and sleep health in these individuals remains fundamental even in the aftermath of the pandemic. This study sought to analyze the impacts of direct contact between healthcare professionals and COVID-19 patients by gauging the correlation between psychiatric symptoms, sleep impairment, general health and sleep health in different healthcare professions. The influence of the type of institution, the professionals' work shifts, and individual perception when comparing the health impacts before and after the pandemic was also investigated. Volunteers answered an online questionnaire applied using the Google Forms platform and disseminated on multiple digital networks. The questions were designed based on previously validated questionnaires about sleep, mental health and quality of life. The analysis was divided into seven blocks to better explore each topic. Among our findings, nurses were identified as one of the professionals with most impairments to sleep and mental health. We observed that age had a generally positive association with better sleep and mental health outcomes. There was an effect of working both in private and public institutions and in morning/night shifts, as well of years of experience on mental health and sleep. These data demonstrate how work and workplace characteristics exerted an effect on the health parameters of healthcare professionals during the pandemic. We hope that the evidence hereby exposed about this previous crisis is used in the future as a basis for the betterment of working conditions in this area. We expect that this study helps in the development of measures that mitigate deterioration of wellbeing of those operating in the frontlines in potential future large-scale emergencies.
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