Taking a break: How rest breaks can reduce acute fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Knar Sagherian, PhD, RN
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- Gamma Chi
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- The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
The overall purpose was to evaluate the effect of rest breaks during work hours on reducing COVID-19 work strain among hospital nurses.
The project was conducted using a cross-sectional design among hospital nurses via online survey across the United States. Our specific aims were to:
1) Identify for the first time in a large sample the characteristics (e.g., type, duration, content, and context) of rest breaks taken by nurses during 12-hour shifts.2) Determine the characteristics of rest breaks that best reduce acute fatigue and how these differ between nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 and those who do not.
Dr. Sagherian was a recipient of a Sigma Small Grant, 2020-2021 cohort.
The Sigma Theta Tau International grant application that funded this research, in whole or in part, was completed by the applicant and peer-reviewed prior to the award of the Sigma grant. No further peer-review has taken place upon the completion of the Sigma grant final report and its appearance in this repository.
| Type | Report |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | None: Sigma Grant Recipient Report |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | Cross-Sectional |
| Research Approach | Quantitative Research |
| Keywords | Fatigue; Fatigue Reduction; COVID-19 Pandemic; Rest Breaks |
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