TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Vezzani, Antonella
AU  -  Solinas, Emilia
AU  -  Pfleiderer, Bettina
AU  -  Ermio, Caterina
AU  -  on behalf of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA)
T1  -  A survey to assess the quality of sleep in Italian medical women
PY  -  2022
Y1  -  2022-05-01
DO  -  10.1723/0000.37951
JO  -  The Italian Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine
JA  -  Ital J Gender-Specific Med
VL  -  8
IS  -  2
SP  -  81
EP  -  86
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2612-3487
Y2  -  2026/05/31
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1723/0000.37951
N2  -  Summary. The aim of our study was to investigate the quality of sleep in medical women – in the form of the assessed level of arousal to new or emotional relevant stimuli, as measured through the APS (Arousal Predisposition Scale) – as well as the subjective quality of sleep, as measured through the PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) in a group of medical women, members of the AIDM (Associazione Italiana Donne Medico, ‘Medical Women’s Italian Association’), using an anonymous online survey (Monkey Survey). 517 medical women – mean age 52,34 ± 11,59 – answered the questionnaire. The global PSQI score was 6,89 ± 3,5; there was no correlation with age (r = -0.05; p = 0.294), place of residence (p = 0.255) and years of work (r = -0.009; p = 0.294); the PSQI was significantly higher in women working in hospitals (7.31 ± 3.63) than in those working in outpatient clinics (6.52 ± 3.39) (p = 0.012*). The average APS score was 38.99 ± 4.63; a weak correlation between APS and PSQI was identified (r 0.111; p = 0.01**). Conclusions. 75% of medical women who answered the questionnaire are ‘bad’ sleepers (PSQI >5). Although the susceptibility to activation (APS) was high, the correlation with the responders’ sleep quality was very weak. Working in hospital seems to be correlated with a low quality of sleep, while a decrease in arousability was found when subjects were no longer under pressure due to their work.
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