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The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have documented that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought more negative impact on the physical and psychological functioning of frontline healthcare workers. Especially, sleep quality was focused. This study aimed to investigate the sleep quality of frontline h...

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Autores principales: Zhan, Jingye, Yang, Kangdi, Sun, Zhuoer, Bai, Lingling, Lu, Xiaoying, Wang, Xiuhong, Liu, Weizhi, Yi, Chen, Wang, Lina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9108151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586404
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883590
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author Zhan, Jingye
Yang, Kangdi
Sun, Zhuoer
Bai, Lingling
Lu, Xiaoying
Wang, Xiuhong
Liu, Weizhi
Yi, Chen
Wang, Lina
author_facet Zhan, Jingye
Yang, Kangdi
Sun, Zhuoer
Bai, Lingling
Lu, Xiaoying
Wang, Xiuhong
Liu, Weizhi
Yi, Chen
Wang, Lina
author_sort Zhan, Jingye
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description BACKGROUND: A number of studies have documented that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought more negative impact on the physical and psychological functioning of frontline healthcare workers. Especially, sleep quality was focused. This study aimed to investigate the sleep quality of frontline healthcare workers, risk factors for sleep quality, and the effect of Tai Chi training. METHODS: A total of 98 frontline healthcare workers were recruited, coming from the infection department, fever clinic, laboratory, and medical imaging department in a COVID-19-designated hospital in Shanghai. Of them, 50 participated in a 2-week intervention and were randomized to receive a Tai Chi training or relaxation training. Participants were assessed at baseline, 7 and 14 days after participation. Demographic information, sleep quality, and anxiety were measured by using the demographic questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). RESULTS: 13.3% participants were above the cut-off score (>10) for the PSQI. Regression analysis showed gender, age, working years, and job category had effect on sleep quality. Compared to the control group, participants in the Tai Chi training group had lower scores on both PSQI (p < 0.05) and BAI (p < 0.01) after the 2-week intervention. CONCLUSION: It was demonstrated that poor sleep quality existed in the frontline healthcare workers, which was related to gender, age, working years, and job category. Tai Chi training can dramatically improve their sleep quality and reduce anxiety symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-91081512022-05-17 The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi Zhan, Jingye Yang, Kangdi Sun, Zhuoer Bai, Lingling Lu, Xiaoying Wang, Xiuhong Liu, Weizhi Yi, Chen Wang, Lina Front Psychiatry Psychiatry BACKGROUND: A number of studies have documented that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought more negative impact on the physical and psychological functioning of frontline healthcare workers. Especially, sleep quality was focused. This study aimed to investigate the sleep quality of frontline healthcare workers, risk factors for sleep quality, and the effect of Tai Chi training. METHODS: A total of 98 frontline healthcare workers were recruited, coming from the infection department, fever clinic, laboratory, and medical imaging department in a COVID-19-designated hospital in Shanghai. Of them, 50 participated in a 2-week intervention and were randomized to receive a Tai Chi training or relaxation training. Participants were assessed at baseline, 7 and 14 days after participation. Demographic information, sleep quality, and anxiety were measured by using the demographic questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). RESULTS: 13.3% participants were above the cut-off score (>10) for the PSQI. Regression analysis showed gender, age, working years, and job category had effect on sleep quality. Compared to the control group, participants in the Tai Chi training group had lower scores on both PSQI (p < 0.05) and BAI (p < 0.01) after the 2-week intervention. CONCLUSION: It was demonstrated that poor sleep quality existed in the frontline healthcare workers, which was related to gender, age, working years, and job category. Tai Chi training can dramatically improve their sleep quality and reduce anxiety symptoms. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9108151/ /pubmed/35586404 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883590 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhan, Yang, Sun, Bai, Lu, Wang, Liu, Yi and Wang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zhan, Jingye
Yang, Kangdi
Sun, Zhuoer
Bai, Lingling
Lu, Xiaoying
Wang, Xiuhong
Liu, Weizhi
Yi, Chen
Wang, Lina
The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title_full The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title_fullStr The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title_full_unstemmed The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title_short The Sleep Quality of the Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Improving Effect of Tai Chi
title_sort sleep quality of the frontline healthcare workers and the improving effect of tai chi
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9108151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586404
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883590
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