SLEEP QUALITY IN HEALTH WORKERS CARING FOR COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

Calidad del sueño en trabajadores de la salud que atendieron en pandemia de COVID-19 en el caribe colombiano

Introduction:  In the age segmentation of the elderly, disorders associated with sleep have become one of the health problems that prevail today when reaching a mature age. Various studies show the existence of a high rate of prevalence of sleep disorders in personnel working in the health sector. During the recent pandemic, they had effects in terms of sleep quality with serious repercussions on their general health. Objective: To describe the quality and hygiene present in the sleep of health workers in the Colombian Caribbean, in the third peak of the 2021 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study in a population of 220 health workers, who worked in hospitals and clinics in the Colombian Caribbean in the months between January and March 2021 during the third peak of the pandemic. Validation in Colombia was carried out using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire instrument with adaptations for sociodemographic data. Results: Most of the people surveyed were in the age range of 20 to 30 years (47.27%), female (67.63%), with training in the nursing profession (28.64% or nursing assistant 33.64%). According to the perception they have of their sleep quality, 55.5% of the respondents have shortcomings in sleep quality.According to the global PSQI that allows measuring the rate of sleep quality, 60% (130) workers They are poor sleepers. Conclusions: According to the results, a large part of the health workers at the moment that the pandemic passed its highest peaks, ratify having shortcomings in the quality of sleep, especially nurses and nursing assistants. Programs are recommended to improve the well-being of the worker who works night shifts.