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The effect of night shift on sleep quality and depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses

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Randomized trial compares sleep quality and depressive symptoms in nurses working different shifts, indicating significant impact of night shifts.

This study aims to compare sleep quality and depressive symptoms in nurses working night shifts versus day shifts.
Enrolled 865 nurses.
Evaluated sleep quality using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and depressive symptoms via Hospital Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Rating Scale.
Conducted binary logistic regression analysis.
Nurses on night shifts had significantly poorer sleep quality (p < 0.05) compared to those on day shifts.
A positive correlation between sleep quality and depressive symptoms was found.
Night shift and poor sleep quality were identified as independent risk factors for depressive symptoms.

Dai et al. (2019) studied this question.

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Randomized trial compares sleep quality and depressive symptoms in nurses working different shifts, indicating significant impact of night shifts.