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Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Background: Few studies have examined the longer-term psychological impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs). Purpose: We examined the 10-week trajectory of insomnia symptoms in HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: HCWs completed a web-based survey at baseline (9 April–11 May 2020) and...

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Autores principales: Abdalla, Marwah, Chiuzan, Codruta, Shang, Yimeng, Ko, Gavin, Diaz, Franchesca, Shaw, Kaitlin, McMurry, Cara L., Cannone, Diane E., Sullivan, Alexandra M., Lee, Sung A. J., Venner, Hadiah K., Shechter, Ari
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8431387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34501560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178970
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author Abdalla, Marwah
Chiuzan, Codruta
Shang, Yimeng
Ko, Gavin
Diaz, Franchesca
Shaw, Kaitlin
McMurry, Cara L.
Cannone, Diane E.
Sullivan, Alexandra M.
Lee, Sung A. J.
Venner, Hadiah K.
Shechter, Ari
author_facet Abdalla, Marwah
Chiuzan, Codruta
Shang, Yimeng
Ko, Gavin
Diaz, Franchesca
Shaw, Kaitlin
McMurry, Cara L.
Cannone, Diane E.
Sullivan, Alexandra M.
Lee, Sung A. J.
Venner, Hadiah K.
Shechter, Ari
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description Background: Few studies have examined the longer-term psychological impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs). Purpose: We examined the 10-week trajectory of insomnia symptoms in HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: HCWs completed a web-based survey at baseline (9 April–11 May 2020) and every 2 weeks for 10 weeks. The main outcome was the severity of insomnia symptoms in the past week. Multivariable-adjusted generalized estimating equation analyses examined factors associated with insomnia symptoms. Results: n = 230 completed surveys at baseline. n = 155, n = 130, n = 118, n = 95, and n = 89 completed follow-ups at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, respectively. Prevalence of insomnia symptoms of at least moderate severity was 72.6% at baseline, and 63.2%, 44.6%, 40.7%, 34.7%, and 39.3% at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, respectively. In multivariable analyses, factors significantly associated with increased odds of insomnia symptoms were younger age (OR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.96–1.00), working in a COVID-facing environment (OR: 1.75, 95% CI: 1.15–2.67) and hours worked (OR: 1.16, 95% CI: 1.06–1.27). Conclusions: The initial high rates of insomnia symptoms improved as time passed from the peak of local COVID-19 cases but four out of ten HCWs still had moderate-to-severe insomnia symptoms ten weeks after baseline.
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spelling pubmed-84313872021-09-11 Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic Abdalla, Marwah Chiuzan, Codruta Shang, Yimeng Ko, Gavin Diaz, Franchesca Shaw, Kaitlin McMurry, Cara L. Cannone, Diane E. Sullivan, Alexandra M. Lee, Sung A. J. Venner, Hadiah K. Shechter, Ari Int J Environ Res Public Health Brief Report Background: Few studies have examined the longer-term psychological impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs). Purpose: We examined the 10-week trajectory of insomnia symptoms in HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: HCWs completed a web-based survey at baseline (9 April–11 May 2020) and every 2 weeks for 10 weeks. The main outcome was the severity of insomnia symptoms in the past week. Multivariable-adjusted generalized estimating equation analyses examined factors associated with insomnia symptoms. Results: n = 230 completed surveys at baseline. n = 155, n = 130, n = 118, n = 95, and n = 89 completed follow-ups at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, respectively. Prevalence of insomnia symptoms of at least moderate severity was 72.6% at baseline, and 63.2%, 44.6%, 40.7%, 34.7%, and 39.3% at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, respectively. In multivariable analyses, factors significantly associated with increased odds of insomnia symptoms were younger age (OR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.96–1.00), working in a COVID-facing environment (OR: 1.75, 95% CI: 1.15–2.67) and hours worked (OR: 1.16, 95% CI: 1.06–1.27). Conclusions: The initial high rates of insomnia symptoms improved as time passed from the peak of local COVID-19 cases but four out of ten HCWs still had moderate-to-severe insomnia symptoms ten weeks after baseline. MDPI 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8431387/ /pubmed/34501560 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178970 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Brief Report
Abdalla, Marwah
Chiuzan, Codruta
Shang, Yimeng
Ko, Gavin
Diaz, Franchesca
Shaw, Kaitlin
McMurry, Cara L.
Cannone, Diane E.
Sullivan, Alexandra M.
Lee, Sung A. J.
Venner, Hadiah K.
Shechter, Ari
Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Factors Associated with Insomnia Symptoms in a Longitudinal Study among New York City Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort factors associated with insomnia symptoms in a longitudinal study among new york city healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8431387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34501560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18178970
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