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Skipping 30-minute relief breaks during work shifts significantly increases insomnia, acute and chronic fatigue, and post-traumatic stress symptoms among hospital nursing staff.

If you are a healthcare worker, prioritize taking your full 30-minute break during your shift. The data shows that skipping these breaks directly correlates with worse sleep, higher fatigue, and increased stress. Treat this break as a non-negotiable part of your job safety protocol, not an optional extra.

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Post hoc comparisons showed that participants who rarely/never took 30-min breaks had significantly higher insomnia scores than participants who took 30-min breaks sometimes or often/regularly... Post hoc comparisons showed that participants who skipped 30-min breaks had significantly higher AF than participants who only took 30-min breaks often/regularly. Participants who skipped 30-min breaks had significantly higher CF and lower IR than participants who took 30-min breaks sometimes or often/regularly... Participants who skipped 30-min breaks scored significantly higher on post-traumatic stress compared with co-workers who took 30-min breaks sometimes or often/regularly.
Knar Sagherian et al. · Journal of Clinical Nursing · 2020

Why this rating

Cross-sectional survey with large sample size (N=587) and statistically significant p-values, but lacks causal inference due to observational design.

Source

Insomnia, fatigue and psychosocial well‐being during COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional survey of hospital nursing staff in the United States

Knar Sagherian et al. · Journal of Clinical Nursing · 2020

cross_sectional · n=587Cited 246×
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