SLEEP QUALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL ERRORS AMONG PHYSICIANS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 35-50 PDF (683.26 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejom.2022.130235.1271 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Goda AM; Ghanem EA | ||||
| Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction: Sleep deprivation is a severe health issue for health-care personnel, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It affects their physical, emotional, psychological well-being, as well as their work performance. Aim of Work: To measure the percentage of poor sleep among physicians during COVID-19 pandemic, to identify its risk factors and to determine the association between it and the occurrence of medical errors. Materials and Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among physicians working at different hospitals and medical centers in Cairo, Egypt. A total of 260 physicians were included in the study through sending online self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire including items about sociodemographic, work related characteristics, COVID 19 associated risks, items assessed the sleep quality through using validated Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and assessment of medical errors related to COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Most of the participants (65.4%) were females, 79.2% were married, 76.9% had children and 93.5% don’t live alone. The mean age was 36.23±5.7. As regard work-related characteristics, 45.6% of participants worked equal or more than 48 hours weekly, 38.8% had night shifts and 66.5% had equal or more than 10 years’ experience. Only (26.2%) are working in COVID-19 isolation hospitals. The percentage of poor sleep quality among physicians was 79.6%. The global PSQI mean score was 7.54 ± 3.5 while the worst components’ mean scores were the sleep latency, sleep duration and sleep disturbance scores (1.59 ± 1.02, 1.41 ± 0.87 and 1.29 ± 0.6 respectively). Poor sleep quality was associated with having chronic diseases, being night shifters, working equal to or more than 48 hours weekly, satisfaction with the availability of personal protective equipments (PPEs), and with COVID-19 management protocols. Medical errors were performed by 30.4% of the studied physicians. There was a significant association between poor sleep quality and giving the patients incorrect doses or overdose. Conclusion: There was a high percentage of poor sleep among the studied physicians. Having chronic diseases, working equal to or more than 48 hours weekly, and having night shifts were identified as significant predictors of poor sleep quality among them. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sleep quality; Physicians; COVID-19 pandemic and Medical errors | ||||
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