Exploration of shift work among nursing professionals related to interconnected determinants of health in a hospital: a cross-sectional study
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Aim To assess sleep quality and its relationship with interconnected health variables among nursing professionals working shifts. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive observational study. A total of 247 nursing professionals participated, and the 85.8% of whom were women, aged between 21 and 65, from Son Espases University Hospital in Spain. A corporate email was sent containing a link to an online: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) to determine chronotype, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Memory Failures of Everyday Life Questionnaire (MFE-30), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), applied across different work shifts. Result s Nurses, regardless of shift work, reported poor sleep quality (score > 5), a higher proportion of undefined chronotype (60%), moderate levels of perceived stress (26 points), a tendency toward poorer general mental health (14 points), and more memory complaints (60 points), but a favorable perception of their quality of life (90 points), with no statistically significant differences found. Female professionals working rotating shifts showed significant differences, presenting a higher number of memory complaints compared with males. Professionals over the age of 50 working night shifts displayed significantly poorer general mental health and severe memory complaints. Conclusion/Implications for Practice Nursing professionals show poor sleep quality, elevated stress levels, signs of emotional disorders, and moderate memory complaints, particularly on night and rotating shifts, which were observed, albeit without significantly affecting perceived quality of life. These findings support the need to implement organizational strategies that safeguard the well-being of nursing professionals and to consider individual patterns to improve sleep health.
Source: BMC Nursing
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,090
OpenAlex ID: W7172308094