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Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team

OBJECTIVE: Given the potential impact of insomnia on nurses’ performance, it is assumed that insomnia is associated with their absence from work. The present study aimed to determine the insomnia status and its association with absenteeism among a selective group of Iranian healthcare providers. MAT...

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Autores principales: Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Khosro, Najafi, Arezu, Eftekhari, Sahar, Tarkhan, Samareh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087626
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20200106
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author Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Khosro
Najafi, Arezu
Eftekhari, Sahar
Tarkhan, Samareh
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description OBJECTIVE: Given the potential impact of insomnia on nurses’ performance, it is assumed that insomnia is associated with their absence from work. The present study aimed to determine the insomnia status and its association with absenteeism among a selective group of Iranian healthcare providers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 304 healthcare providers working at Imam-Khomeini hospital complex in Tehran. The study population were assessed by insomnia severity index for characterization of insomnia symptoms. The data of absenteeism was collected from the employees’ attendance system of hospital’s nursing and staff department. The multivariable linear regression model used for predicting determinants of insomnia and absenteeism in nursing team. RESULTS: Different degrees of insomnia was found in 79.9% of the study population, which 57.2% suffered from mild insomnia, 21.4% from moderate insomnia, and 1.3% from severe insomnia. The prevalence of insomnia was significantly higher in persons who were absent from their workplace frequently, or left because of illness. The mean days for total absenteeism in healthcare workers with moderate to severe insomnia was significantly higher than others with mild and no insomnia. In multivariate analysis, having night shifts and the severity of insomnia could predict absenteeism in studied population. DISCUSSION: A majority of healthcare workers suffer from insomnia that may lead to their work absenteeism and decreased performance. Proper administrative and individuals for management of sleep problems is required to avoid long hours of absenteeism among nursing team.
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spelling pubmed-87762622022-01-26 Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Khosro Najafi, Arezu Eftekhari, Sahar Tarkhan, Samareh Sleep Sci Original Article OBJECTIVE: Given the potential impact of insomnia on nurses’ performance, it is assumed that insomnia is associated with their absence from work. The present study aimed to determine the insomnia status and its association with absenteeism among a selective group of Iranian healthcare providers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 304 healthcare providers working at Imam-Khomeini hospital complex in Tehran. The study population were assessed by insomnia severity index for characterization of insomnia symptoms. The data of absenteeism was collected from the employees’ attendance system of hospital’s nursing and staff department. The multivariable linear regression model used for predicting determinants of insomnia and absenteeism in nursing team. RESULTS: Different degrees of insomnia was found in 79.9% of the study population, which 57.2% suffered from mild insomnia, 21.4% from moderate insomnia, and 1.3% from severe insomnia. The prevalence of insomnia was significantly higher in persons who were absent from their workplace frequently, or left because of illness. The mean days for total absenteeism in healthcare workers with moderate to severe insomnia was significantly higher than others with mild and no insomnia. In multivariate analysis, having night shifts and the severity of insomnia could predict absenteeism in studied population. DISCUSSION: A majority of healthcare workers suffer from insomnia that may lead to their work absenteeism and decreased performance. Proper administrative and individuals for management of sleep problems is required to avoid long hours of absenteeism among nursing team. Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8776262/ /pubmed/35087626 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20200106 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Khosro
Najafi, Arezu
Eftekhari, Sahar
Tarkhan, Samareh
Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title_full Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title_fullStr Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title_full_unstemmed Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title_short Insomnia and its association with absenteeism: A cross-sectional study among Iranian nursing team
title_sort insomnia and its association with absenteeism: a cross-sectional study among iranian nursing team
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087626
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20200106
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