Sleep quality of nurses who worked in coping with COVID-19: an integrative review - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to analyze sleep quality of nurses who worked coping with COVID-19 in scientific evidence.

Methods:

an integrative review, carried out in seven databases, including studies between December 2021 and June 2022, without language restrictions. The sample consisted of 15 primary studies.

Results:

nurses working in hospital, intensive care, outpatient care and teaching institutions constitute a vulnerable group for sleep disorders: latency, duration, efficiency and quality. The disorders identified involved insomnia at varying levels of severity: daytime dysfunction and morning sleepiness. Night work and low capacity for self-care were determinants of impaired sleep patterns.

Final considerations:

the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to greater vulnerability of nurses to changes in sleep, requiring strategies for risk management and well-being promotion.