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. 2021 May 19;23(5):e27331. doi: 10.2196/27331

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 (%)

Absent 220 (25.1)

Subthreshold 367 (41.9)

Moderate 249 (28.5)

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].