Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study
Introduction Sleep disturbances among nurses engaged in night duty and their spouses need to be improved to ensure their ability to provide care and perform daily tasks. Therefore, an objective investigation is needed to establish a sleep improvement strategy. Objective To investigate the utility of...
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| description | Introduction Sleep disturbances among nurses engaged in night duty and their spouses need to be improved to ensure their ability to provide care and perform daily tasks. Therefore, an objective investigation is needed to establish a sleep improvement strategy. Objective To investigate the utility of a sleep tracker to assess sleep quality in nurses and spouses. Method Nurses ( n = 30) and spouses ( n = 30) wore a sleep tracker for 14 days to investigate sleep scores. Sleep quality and number of steps were evaluated by Fitbit. They responded to the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the factors affecting sleep quality. Results Factors affecting sleep scores in nurses were hypnotic medication, night duty, and steps, while those in spouses were mental instability, hypnotic medication, alcohol, night duty, and steps. Factors affecting the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire in nurses were household chores, night duty, and steps, while those in spouses were hypnotic medication and steps. Conclusion The sleep quality of nurses was affected by household chores, hypnotic medication, night duty, and steps. Besides the factors of nurses, spouses were affected by mental instability and alcohol. Night duty affected negativity in both nurses and spouses. Steps exerted positive effects in both the sleep tracker and the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. The sleep tracker may be useful for identifying factors that improve sleep quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-24196aec99294263a2fb50e4d0bbbd6d2025-01-27T12:04:11ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Nursing2377-96082025-01-011110.1177/23779608241267079Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort StudyTomohiro Ishinuki0Erika Goda1Hiroomi Tatsumi2Goro Kutomi3Toshio Ohyanagi4Hirofumi Ohnishi5Yoshiki Masuda6Thomas T. Hui7Toru Mizuguchi8 Department of Nursing, Surgical Sciences, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Nursing, Japan Health Care University, Sapporo, Japan Department of Intensive Care Medicine, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for Medical Education, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Public Health, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Intensive Care Medicine, , Sapporo, Japan Department of Children's Health, , Walnut Creek, USA Department of Nursing, Surgical Sciences, , Sapporo, JapanIntroduction Sleep disturbances among nurses engaged in night duty and their spouses need to be improved to ensure their ability to provide care and perform daily tasks. Therefore, an objective investigation is needed to establish a sleep improvement strategy. Objective To investigate the utility of a sleep tracker to assess sleep quality in nurses and spouses. Method Nurses ( n = 30) and spouses ( n = 30) wore a sleep tracker for 14 days to investigate sleep scores. Sleep quality and number of steps were evaluated by Fitbit. They responded to the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the factors affecting sleep quality. Results Factors affecting sleep scores in nurses were hypnotic medication, night duty, and steps, while those in spouses were mental instability, hypnotic medication, alcohol, night duty, and steps. Factors affecting the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire in nurses were household chores, night duty, and steps, while those in spouses were hypnotic medication and steps. Conclusion The sleep quality of nurses was affected by household chores, hypnotic medication, night duty, and steps. Besides the factors of nurses, spouses were affected by mental instability and alcohol. Night duty affected negativity in both nurses and spouses. Steps exerted positive effects in both the sleep tracker and the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. The sleep tracker may be useful for identifying factors that improve sleep quality.https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241267079 |
| spellingShingle | Tomohiro Ishinuki Erika Goda Hiroomi Tatsumi Goro Kutomi Toshio Ohyanagi Hirofumi Ohnishi Yoshiki Masuda Thomas T. Hui Toru Mizuguchi Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study SAGE Open Nursing |
| title | Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study |
| title_full | Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study |
| title_fullStr | Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study |
| title_short | Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study |
| title_sort | utility of a wearable tracker to assess sleep quality in nurses and their spouses a prospective cohort study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241267079 |
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