Perceptions of Sleep Quality, Fatigue, and Cognition Among Women Shift Workers

Nursing for Women''s Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.nwh.2024.06.003

Kathy L. Nelson, Jean E. Davis, Michael Wirth, Saher Karim Choudhary, Karen E. Wickersham

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Abstract

Objective

To explore the perceptions of sleep quality, levels of fatigue, and cognitive executive function in women shift workers.

Design

Qualitative, descriptive study of a sample of participants who participated in a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study.

Setting

Online focus groups.

Participants

Women shift workers (N = 14) recruited from the southeastern United States.

Methods

Four focus groups were conducted using the Zoom online videoconferencing platform. Transcripts were coded inductively, and data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach.

Results

Five major themes were developed from the data: Lots of Sleep Lost, Day Sleep Difficulties, Negative Consequences, Missing Out, and Not in My Own Thoughts.

Conclusion

Shift work is associated with sleep loss, which has a negative impact on women’s emotional, mental, and physical health. Further nursing science investigation into strategies to enable women to improve their sleep quality, sleep quantity, and social/domestic environment is warranted. Education to increase sleep knowledge and decrease accidents and errors that can result from insufficient sleep is vital.

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轮班女工对睡眠质量、疲劳和认知的看法。

目的：探讨轮班女工对睡眠质量、疲劳程度和认知执行功能的看法：探讨轮班女工对睡眠质量、疲劳程度和认知执行功能的看法：对参与横断面混合方法研究的样本进行定性、描述性研究：参与者：轮班女工（N = 14从美国东南部招募的轮班女工（N = 14）：使用 Zoom 在线视频会议平台进行了四次焦点小组讨论。对记录誊本进行归纳编码，并采用主题分析方法对数据进行分析：结果：从数据中总结出五大主题：大量失眠、日间睡眠困难、负面影响、缺席和没有自己的想法：轮班工作与睡眠不足有关，对女性的情绪、精神和身体健康有负面影响。有必要对改善女性睡眠质量、睡眠数量和社会/家庭环境的策略进行进一步的护理科学研究。通过教育来增加睡眠知识，减少因睡眠不足而导致的事故和失误至关重要。

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Nursing for Women''s Health Nursing-Nursing (all)

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2.10

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期刊介绍： Nursing for Women"s Health publishes the most recent and compelling health care information on women"s health, newborn care and professional nursing issues. As a refereed, clinical practice journal, it provides professionals involved in providing optimum nursing care for women and their newborns with health care trends and everyday issues in a concise, practical, and easy-to-read format.