Sleep Patterns in Night Shift Nursing Staff at the Barquisimeto Children's Hospital, Lara, Venezuela

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the sleep pattern in the night shift nursing staff of the Pediatric University Hospital Intensive Care Unit. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out, selecting a total of 12 nurses who work in said service. reviewed the results of the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) test, the findings according to the responses of the nurses surveyed regarding the Subjective Quality of Sleep, 58% responded that it is bad, 25% good, 11% pretty good. Sleep Latency: 50% report that it takes them > 60 minutes to fall asleep, while 33% responded that they take 31-60 minutes, 8% 16-30 minutes, and 8% responded <15 minutes. Duration of sleep, 50% sleep 6 to 7 hours, 33% < 5 hours and 17% > 7 hours. Sleep efficiency, 83% of nurses have greater than 85% and 17% have 75-84% sleep efficiency. Sleep disturbances 58% of nurses report having sleep disturbances less than once a week, 33% once or twice a week, and 8% three or more times a week. The use of prescription or non-prescription medications to fall asleep, 67% reported that they never used sleeping medications in the last month, 25% reported using them less than once a week and 8% used sleeping medications three or more times a week. the week. Daytime dysfunction: 67% report having problems with fatigue or sleep when doing some activity during the day less than once a week, 17% once or twice a week, and 17% do not present daytime dysfunction. It is concluded that 83% are bad sleepers and 17% are good sleepers.