The Evaluation of Sleep Disturbances for Chinese Frontline Medical Workers under the Outbreak of COVID-19

Objective To evaluate sleep disturbances of Chinese frontline medical workers (FMW) under the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019, and make a comparison with non-FMW Methods The medical workers from multiple hospitals in Hubei Province, China, volunteered to participate in this cross-sectional study An online questionnaire, including Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), was used to evaluate sleep disturbances and mental status Sleep disturbances were defined as PSQIg6 points or/and AISg6 points We compared the scores of PSQI, AIS, anxiety and depression VAS, and prevalence of sleep disturbances between FMW and non-FMW Results A total of 1306 subjects (801 FMW and 505 non-FMW) were enrolled Compared to non-FMW, FMW had significantly higher scores of PSQI (9 3�3 8 vs 7 5�3 7;P 6 points (78 4% vs 61 0%;relative risk [RR]= 1 29;P 6 points (51 7% vs 35 6%;RR=1 45;Pl0 001) Conclusion FMW have higher prevalence of sleep disturbances and worse sleep quality than non-FMW Further interventions should be administrated for FMW, aiming to maintain their healthy condition and guarantee their professional performance in the battle against COVID-19