Health care workers with poor sleep pattern more likely to report depression, anxiety: Study

In a recent study, researchers have studied the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers' sleep patterns and the potentially damaging consequences of sleep disturbance on their mental health. Health care workers with poor sleep pattern more likely to report depression, anxiety: Study The study has been published in the 'International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'. The group's first paper, published in August, summarized the sleep data, showing that over 70 per cent of health care workers had at least moderate insomnia symptoms during the pandemic's first peak. In the second study, the researchers found that health care workers who reported poor sleep also reported higher levels of stress, anxiety, and depression than health care workers who slept better. Abdalla added that if future studies can tease apart the direction of this relationship and the impact of poor sleep on mental health for health care workers during the pandemic, there may be several potential interventions, from cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia to increasing break room rest areas, and/or installing nap pods for hospital staff to use during long shifts.