The Prevalence of Insomnia, Its Demographic Correlates, and Treatment in Nurses Working in Chinese Psychiatric and General Hospitals | Zendy

An FengRong | Zendy; Qi YunKe | Zendy; Zeng JiaoYing | Zendy; Ding YanMing | Zendy; Chiu Helen F. K. | Zendy; Ungvari Gabor S. | Zendy; Newhouse Robin | Zendy; Yu Doris S. F. | Zendy; Lai Kelly Y. C. | Zendy; Xiang YuTao | Zendy

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The Prevalence of Insomnia, Its Demographic Correlates, and Treatment in Nurses Working in Chinese Psychiatric and General Hospitals

Author(s) -

An FengRong,

Qi YunKe,

Zeng JiaoYing,

Ding YanMing,

Chiu Helen F. K.,

Ungvari Gabor S.,

Newhouse Robin,

Yu Doris S. F.,

Lai Kelly Y. C.,

Xiang YuTao

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

perspectives in psychiatric care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1744-6163

pISSN - 0031-5990

DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12103

Subject(s) - insomnia , morning , psychiatry , medicine , sleep (system call) , sleep disorder , psychology , clinical psychology , computer science , operating system

Purpose To determine the prevalence of insomnia and its socio‐demographic correlates in C hinese nurses. Design and Methods Up to 799 nurses were examined. Demographic data, total sleep time ( TST ), and insomnia were collected. Findings The mean expected and actual TST were 8.3 ± 1.5 and 6.1 ± 1.1 hr, respectively. The prevalence of at least one type of reported sleep disturbance was 69.7%; the rates of difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and early morning awakening were 54.6%, 54.7%, and 55.9%, respectively. Practice Implications There is a large discrepancy of actual and expected sleep duration, and insomnia is common among nurses in C hina.

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