declining sleep quality among nurses a population-based four-year longitudinal study on the transition from nursing education to working life睡眠质量下降在护士以人群为基础的四年的纵向研究从护理教育过渡到工作生活.pdfVIP

Declining Sleep Quality among Nurses: A Population- Based Four-Year Longitudinal Study on the Transition from Nursing Education to Working Life Dan Hasson1,2*, Petter Gustavsson3 1 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2 Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 3 Section for Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract Background: Several studies have established impaired sleep is a common problem among nurses. Overworked, fatigued and stressed nurses are at a higher risk of making mistakes that threaten patient safety as well as their own health. The aim of the present study was to longitudinally monitor the development of sleep quality in nurses, starting from the last semester at the university, with three subsequent annual follow-ups once the nurses had entered working life. Methodology/Principal Findings: Nationwide, longitudinal questionnaire study of nursing students and newly qualified nurses in Sweden. The results imply a continuous decline in sleep quality among nurses during the three years of follow-up, starting from their last semester of nursing education and continuing for three years into their working life. The most pronounced short-term decline in sleep quality seems to occur in the transition between student life and working life. Conclusion/Significance: This finding is important since it may affect the quality of care and the health of nurses negatively. Citation: Hasson D, Gustavsson P (2010) Declining Sleep Quality among Nurses: A Population-Based Four-Year Longitudinal Study on the Transition from Nursing Education to Working Life. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014265 Editor: Naomi Rogers, University of Sydney, Australia Received June 9, 2010; Accepted Novem