ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
Prevalence and correlates of night eating syndrome among Chinese nurses: focus on depression and sleep quality.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Disordered eating in office workers is correlated with trauma, stress, emotional regulation, and sleep quality: a cross-sectional screening.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Dietary melatonin, chronotype, and night eating syndrome in relation to sleep quality among adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Nurses are at a heightened risk for Night Eating Syndrome (NES) due to circadian rhythm disruptions from shift work, chronic stress, and irregular eating patterns. While the global prevalence of NES is rising, its status within the large and critical nursing workforce of China remains poorly understood. Specifically, there is a lack of data on the prevalence and unique work-related psychosocial factors associated with NES among Chinese nurses. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of NES and identify its key influencing factors among clinical nurses in China. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was adopted. Using convenience sampling, 311 nursing staff from three Class-A tertiary hospitals in Sichuan Province were recruited as study participants from June to July 2025. Univariate χ Results: Among 311 nurses, 14 were diagnosed with NES, yielding a prevalence rate of 4.5%. Statistically significant differences in NES prevalence were observed across departments, alcohol consumption status, night shift assignments, sleep quality, and self-reported depressive symptoms ( Conclusion: This study indicates that, after adjusting for covariates, NES among Chinese nurses is significantly associated with departmental exposure, impaired sleep quality, and worsened depressive symptoms. To address this, hospital administrators should prioritize optimizing night shift scheduling in high-risk departments while integrating sleep management protocols and depression interventions. By preventing NES, these measures can enhance nurses' physical and mental wellbeing and improve nursing care quality.
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.