The association between sleep and psychological distress among New York City healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

•Three out of 4 healthcare workers (HCWs) had insomnia symptoms during the pandemic.•Insomnia is associated with a doubling of the prevalence of depressive symptoms in HCWs.•HCWs with insomnia had a 50% and 70% higher prevalence of stress and anxiety.•Short sleep was also associated with a higher pr...

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Published in:Journal of affective disorders 2022-02, Vol.298 (Pt A), p.618-624
Main Authors: Diaz, Franchesca, Cornelius, Talea, Bramley, Sean, Venner, Hadiah, Shaw, Kaitlin, Dong, Melissa, Pham, Patrick, McMurry, Cara L., Cannone, Diane E., Sullivan, Alexandra M., Lee, Sung A.J., Schwartz, Joseph E., Shechter, Ari, Abdalla, Marwah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Distress
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Insomnia
Male
Mental Health
New York City - epidemiology
Pandemics
Psychological Distress
SARS-CoV-2
Sleep
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Summary:•Three out of 4 healthcare workers (HCWs) had insomnia symptoms during the pandemic.•Insomnia is associated with a doubling of the prevalence of depressive symptoms in HCWs.•HCWs with insomnia had a 50% and 70% higher prevalence of stress and anxiety.•Short sleep was also associated with a higher prevalence of psychological distress.•Sleep may be an interventional target to decrease psychological distress among HCWs. Healthcare workers (HCWs) treating patients with COVID-19 report psychological distress. We examined whether disturbed sleep was associated with psychological distress in New York City (NYC) HCWs during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020). HCWs completed a survey screening for acute stress (4-item Primary Care PTSD screen), depressive (Patient Health Questionaire-2), and anxiety (2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale) symptoms. Insomnia symptoms (modified item from the Insomnia Severity Index) and short sleep (SS, sleep duration
ISSN:0165-0327
1573-2517
DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.033