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Correlates of fatigue in critical care nurses
Author(s) -
Ruggiero Jeanne S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.10106
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , anxiety , mood , medicine , sleep quality , sleep (system call) , chronic fatigue , psychiatry , clinical psychology , insomnia , chronic fatigue syndrome , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
The purposes of this study were to examine shift‐related differences in chronic fatigue and the contributions of sleep quality, anxiety, and depression to chronic fatigue among a random nationwide sample ( N = 142) of female critical care nurses. Twenty‐three percent of this sample met criteria for clinical depression. Day and night nurses did not differ in their reports of chronic fatigue. Night nurses reported more depression and poorer sleep quality than did day nurses. Regression analyses indicated that among the variables of global sleep quality, depression, and anxiety, depression and sleep quality were the most relevant to the explanation of chronic fatigue. These findings suggest the need for studies of strategies to promote sleep and improve mood in critical care nurses. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 26:434–444, 2003