Table 2 Summary of characteristics of included studies (WeChat: WeChat is the most popular social media platform in China, SD: standard deviation, AIS: Athens Sleep disturbances Scale, ISI: Sleep disturbances Severity Index, PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Rows | Name and year | Region | Type of study and data collection method | Workplace samples | Total participants | Mean age(SD) or range of age | Female% | Nurses participants | Physicians participants | Assessment | Cutoff point | Prevalence of insomnia% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nurses | Physicians | ||||||||||||
1 | Abdulah, D. M.2020 [24] | Iraq | Cross-sectional web based google form | pediatric, emergency, special corona, and maternity and gynecology hospitals in Dehuk | 268 | 35.06(7.61) | 29.1 | _ | 268 | AIS | > 6 | _ | 68.3 |
2 | Lai, J. B.2020 [25]. | China | Cross- sectional hospital-based survey | Hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei province outside Wuhan, and Outside Hubei province | 1257 | (26-40) | 76.6 | 764 | 493 | ISI | > 8 | 38.2 | 27.4 |
3 | Que, J. Y. 2020 [26]. | China | Cross -sectional social media platform- based WeChat | Healthcare workers from different regions throughout China | 2285 | 31.06(6.99) | 69.06 | 208 | 860 | ISI | > 8 | 33.2 | 30.9 |
4 | Wang, S. 2020 [27]. | China | Cross –sectional media platform-based smartphone | Children’s Healthcare Centre of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan | 123 | 33.75(8.41) | 90 | 75 | 48 | PSQI | > 7 | 24 | 60.4 |
5 | Zhang, C. X.2020 [16]. | China | Cross sectional questionnaire delivered through the mobile phone, WeChat | hospital staff from all over China, including the frontline medical workers in Wuhan | 1563 | > 18 | 82.7 | 984 | 454 | ISI | > 8 | 40.1 | 27.3 |
6 | Tu, Zhi-hao.2020 [28] | China | Cross sectional questionnaire delivered through the mobile phone, WeChat | “Huoshenshan” Hospital in Wuhan | 100 | 34.44(5.85) | 100 | 100 | _ | PSQI | > 7 | 60 | _ |
7 | Zhou, Y.2020 [29]. | China | Cross –sectional using the Wenjuanxing program which is an application embedded with WeChat, | hospital in Liaoning province, China | 1931 | 35.08(8.04) | 12 | 1614 | _ | PSQI | > 7 | 19.5 | _ |