Table 2.
Prevalence of poor sleep and insomnia in health care workers working during the COVID-19 pandemic (N=963).
| Variable | Value | |
| Poor sleep qualitya, n (%) | 920 (95.5) | |
| Insomniab , n (%) | ||
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Absent | 220 (25.1) |
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Subthreshold | 367 (41.9) |
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Moderate | 249 (28.5) |
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Severe | 39 (4.5) |
| Sleep duration (hours)c, average (SD) | 6.1 (1.2) | |
aAs measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); poor sleep quality was defined as a PSQI score ≥5 [20].
bAs measured by the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI); insomnia was qualified by ISI score, interpreted as absent (0-7), subthreshold (8-14), moderate (15-21), or severe (22-28) [21].
cAverage hours of sleep duration was defined by the PSQI [20].