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AuthorNashwan, Abdulqadir J.
AuthorVillar, Ralph C.
AuthorAl-Qudimat, Ahmad R.
AuthorKader, Nisha
AuthorAlabdulla, Majid
AuthorAbujaber, Ahmad A.
AuthorAl-Jabry, Mahmood M.
AuthorHarkous, Michel
AuthorPhilip, Anite
AuthorAli, Raed
AuthorChandra, Prem
AuthorYassin, Mohamed A.
AuthorShraim, Mujahed
AuthorSingh, Kalpana
Available date2021-09-30T06:16:17Z
Publication Date2021-09-01
Publication NameJournal of Personalized Medicine
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11090918
CitationNashwan, A.J.; Villar, R.C.; Al-Qudimat, A.R.; Kader, N.; Alabdulla, M.; Abujaber, A.A.; Al-Jabry, M.M.; Harkous, M.; Philip, A.; Ali, R.; Chandra, P.; Yassin, M.A.; Shraim, M.; Singh, K. Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Eating Habits, and Social Bounds in Nurses during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Qatar (The PROTECTOR Study): A Cross-Sectional, Comparative Study. J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11090918
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/23579
AbstractThere have been numerous concerns regarding the physical and mental health of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress, sleep deprivation, anxiety, and depression potentiated nurses’ vulnerability to poor eating habits. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the differences between nurses’ characteristics with COVID-19 facility designation, and sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, eating habits, social bonds, and quality of life. Design: A cross-sectional, comparative study. Methods: An online survey was sent using the corporation’s email to nurses working in three hospitals in Qatar from September to December 2020. One of them is a designated COVID-19 facility. The sleep quality, depression, eating habits, social bonds, and quality of life were measured using The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21), Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ), Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), respectively. Results: A total of 200 nurses participated in the study (RR: 13.3%). No statistically significant association was found between designated facility (COVID-19 vs. not COVID-19) or nurses’ characteristics and ISI categories (OR 1.15; 95% CI 0.54, 2.44). Nurses working in COVID-19 facilities had increased odds of having higher EEQ categories by 2.62 times (95% CI 1.18, 5.83). Similarly, no statistically significant associations were found between any of the nurses’ characteristics and OSSS-3 categories. On the other hand, no statistically significant associations were found between any of the nurses’ characteristics and QOL domains except for the gender and social relationships’ domain. Conclusion: Overall, the quality of life of nurses in Qatar is on a positive level whether they are assigned to a COVID-19 facility or not. Although no significant difference was found with regard to the sleep quality, stress, anxiety, depression, and eating habits between nurses in a COVID-19 facility and in a non-COVID-19 facility, special interventions to diminish stressors need to be implemented and maintained.
SponsorThis study was funded by the Medical Research Center at Hamad Medical Corporation (MRC-01-20-392).
Languageen
PublisherMDPI
SubjectCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Eating habits
Nurses
Quality of life
Social support
TitleQuality of life, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, eating habits, and social bounds in nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in qatar (The PROTECTOR study): A cross-sectional, comparative study
TypeArticle
Issue Number9
Volume Number11
ESSN2075-4426
dc.accessType Open Access


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