Association between night shift and sleep quality and health among Chinese nurses: A cross‐sectional study

Of the 3,206 nurse participants, 55.1% reported relatively poor sleep quality associated with night shift work.

• Night shift nurses also experienced more health issues, with 20.7% reporting health problems.
• The association between night shift work and poor sleep quality was significant, with a beta value of 0.96.
• Similarly, night shift work was linked to poorer health, indicated by a beta value of 2.01.
• Other domains of sleep quality were significantly affected by night shift work, except for sleep medication and psychological health.

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