Sleep Quality and Related Health Problems among Shift Working Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Nurses working in shift duties play a crucial services. Health institutions must provide 24-hour facilities to role in providing 24/7 medical services in a hospital. Shift the population and thus shift-rotation duties are mandatory. workers are known to be associated with various medical Nurses working in shifts have a crucial role in providing round conditions and they have poor quality of sleep. Shift rotation duties also adversely affect their personal and the clock medical facilities in hospitals. social domain. There is paucity of literature from Nepal Shift workers are shown to be associated with increased risk looking into impact of shift-work on general health and of myocardial infarction, coronary events and ischemic stroke quality