March 21 is World Sleep Day. The epidemic has once again spread to Dalian. Under the background of flexible work, home office, closed isolation, etc., how is everyone’s sleep quality? The reporter interviewed some community medical staff to see what they had to say.
The “2021 White Paper on Exercise and Sleep” released by the China Sleep Research Association and other institutions shows that more than 300 million people in China have sleep disorders. Among them, the post-90s, post-95s, and post-00s have relatively prominent problems. . What’s wrong with sleep, the process of rejuvenating and relieving fatigue? Under the threat of the epidemic, how are the sleep conditions of medical staff?
“It’s definitely not enough sleep,” said Xiao Dong, a medical staff member at Taoyuan Community Health Service Center in Zhongshan District, with a smile. Around March 10, local confirmed cases appeared in surrounding cities, and we began to turn around. Xiao Dong, Xiao Li, and Xiao Chen are young people from Taoyuan Community Health Service Center. Director Zhang of the Community Health Service Center introduced that young people are mainly responsible for going to the door to conduct nucleic acid tests for people in home isolation. Let them go young.
“Every day I have to climb hundreds of floors, my back is sore and my legs hurt when I get home. But I can’t sleep yet,” Xiao Li said. Before the epidemic, they also had a regular work and rest schedule from 8 to 5 in the morning. When the epidemic came, on the basis of completing the original work, a large amount of epidemic prevention and control work was added. During this time, I usually arrive at the get off work unit at 5:30 in the morning, and I can only get off work at 7 or 8 in the evening. After returning home, I couldn’t sleep, because I had to wait for the next day’s task notification, and the tasks were generally not assigned until after ten o’clock in the evening. “When you see tomorrow’s tasks, you can relax a little and sleep peacefully.”
“Sometimes I can’t sleep when I know the next day’s task.” Xiao Chen said that he had to prepare in his heart. Especially in the first two rounds of nucleic acid testing, the community medical staff, as a mobile team, would be nervous even though they were basically not on the field. Xiao Chen also said that now everyone is more considerate of medical staff, and the work pressure is not too high, but the workload is heavy, and it feels that there is not enough time.
Arrived at get off work at 5:30 in the morning, got off work at 7 or 8 in the evening, overcharged at 10 o’clock at night, and slept for less than six hours on average every day. When answering the reporter’s question about sleep disorders, Xiao Dong said with a smile that “there is no disorder, just not enough sleep”. Insufficient sleep time is the main sleep problem faced by medical staff under the epidemic.
The reporter interviewed Dr. Chang Xiaoting from the Neurology Sleep Medicine Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University with this question. She suggested that if the sleep time is short, it is more necessary to improve the sleep quality. First of all, it is best to have a fixed biological clock, and it is necessary to get up and fall asleep at the same time. Avoid light for an hour or two before bed. Avoid playing mobile phones. The blue light emitted by mobile phones will affect the secretion of melatonin through the eyes, which will affect the quality of sleep and sleep. Then, to reduce stimuli before bedtime, avoid stimulant drinks such as coffee and cigarettes after 3pm. Try meditation before going to bed to empty your mind and relax your body. In addition, you can create a suitable sleeping environment, maintain a cool and suitable temperature in the house, and wear an eye mask and earplugs if necessary. “If you have the habit of taking a nap, don’t take a nap too long or too late. This can outline sleep tension.” Dr. Chang added. Peninsula Morning News, 39 Degree Video Trainee Reporter Zhuo Zeyu
