Comorbidity of poor sleep and primary headaches among nursing staff in north China

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Research Article

Hebo Wang¹  Shiwen Wu²  Xin Deng²  Wei Xie³  Jingdan Xie³  Xiaolan Zhang³  Fei Yang³  Hua Liu³  Shengyuan Yu³  Yan Wang³ 

[1] Department of Neurology, Hebei General Hospital, 050051, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China;Department of Neurology, The General Hospital of Chinese Armed Police Forces, 100039, Beijing, China;International Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Fuxing Road 28, 100853, Haidian District, Beijing, China;

关键词: Comorbidity;    Poor sleep;    Primary Headache;    Migraine;    Tension-type headache;    Chronic daily headache;    Nursing staff;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s10194-015-0571-z

 received in 2015-09-02, accepted in 2015-09-29,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSleep disorders and primary headaches are both more prevalent among nursing staff than in the general population. However, there have been no reports about the comorbidity of poor sleep and primary headaches among nursing staff.MethodsStratified random cluster sampling was used to select 1102 nurses from various departments in three hospitals in north China. Sleep quality was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The diagnosis of primary headaches including migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), and chronic daily headache (CDH) was based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version) (ICHD-3-beta).ResultsThe response rate was 93 %. Among 1023 nurses, the prevalence of poor sleep was 56.7 %. Of these, 315 nurses (34.13 %) had poor sleep comorbid with primary headaches. The prevalence of poor sleep in the groups with CDH (82.1 %), migraine (78.9 %), and TTH (59.0 %) was significantly higher than that in the group without headaches (47.3 %) (all P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression revealed that rotating shifts and suffering headache were independent risk factors for poor sleep. Also, the 1-year prevalence of the three types of primary headache was significantly increased in the poor sleep group (migraine: 21.2 % vs. 7.2 %; TTH: 27.9 % vs. 24.9 %; CDH: 4.1 % vs. 1.1 %; P < 0.05). Compared with normal sleepers, nurses with poor sleep were 1.72 times more likely to have severe headache (OR: 1.72, 95 % CI: 1.14–2.57).ConclusionComorbidity of poor sleep and primary headaches among nursing staff is common. Therefore, sleep quality should be carefully evaluated in nurses with primary headaches.

【 授权许可】

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© Wang et al. 2015