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Night shifts and sleep among pneumology medical staff Cover

Night shifts and sleep among pneumology medical staff

Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Gender distribution of participants.

Figure 2.

Age group distribution.

Figure 3.

Duration of night-shift work.

Figure 4.

Increase in cigarette consumption during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019.

Figure 5.

Measures applied to improve sleep quality after night shifts.

Figure 6.

Duration of daytime sleep after night shifts.

Figure 7.

Short rest breaks during night shifts.

Figure 8.

Average night-time sleep duration before the pandemic.

Figure 9.

Wake-up time pre/post-pandemic.

Table 1.

Comparison of wake-up time before and after the pandemic

ParameterAverage ± SDMedian (IQR)P*
Wake-up-time-ahead (P < 0.001**)6.38 ± 1.316 (5.45–7)<0.001
Wake-up-time-after (P < 0.001**)6.07 ± 1.316 (5–6.75)
Difference0.31 ± 1.010 (0–0.675)-

1 IQR, Interquartile Range; SD, standard deviation.

1* Related-samples Wilcoxon signed rank test.

1** Shapiro–Wilk Test.

1 Bold values indicate statistically significant results (P < 0.05), as determined by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Figure 10.

Bedtime ante/post-pandemic.

Table 2.

Comparison of bedtime before and after the pandemic

ParameterAverage ± SDMedian (IQR)P*
Bed-time-before (P < 0.001**)22.75 ± 0.8823 (22–23)0.732
Bed-time-after (P < 0.001**)22.71 ± 1.0223 (22–23.5)-

1 SD, standard deviation.

1* Related-samples Wilcoxon signed rank test.

1** Shapiro–Wilk test.

Figure 11.

Need for psychological counselling during and after the pandemic.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
Language: English, Romanian
Page range: 71 - 83
Published on: Dec 5, 2025
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2025 Claudina Dănilă, Aida-Andreea Fănică, Florin-Dumitru Mihălţan, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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