Qualidade do sono de professores da educação básica antes e durante o distanciamento social – COVID 19

Abstract

This work began during the period of COVID-19, social distancing, with numerous challenges arising in relation to education. Teachers had to adapt to an uncertain reality, extreme changes in the work environment, lack of resources for remote classes, work overload, use of screens, digital platforms, brought teachers uncertainty about employment and financial problems. Triggering disturbances and loss of sleep. In order to analyze the quality of sleep of teachers, which was already fragile before social distancing, the first article was carried out, being an integrative review addressing the theme Quality of sleep and lifestyle of teachers of Basic Education, with the guiding question : “What are the factors that interfere with the quality of sleep of basic education teachers?”. A systematic search carried out in February 2023 by two evaluators. Sensitized criteria adopted using terms from the DECs and MeSHs: School teachers; Sleep quality; Lifestyle. The research resulted in 236 articles, in which the final sample had twenty-five that pointed to factors that interfered in the quality of sleep of teachers, identifying these factors, it was important to monitor their patterns and trends in order to intervene through of effective strategies that help in the control and treatment of weaknesses. It became evident that depression, stress, pain and burnout are the factors that most interfered with the quality of sleep of basic education teachers. The purpose of the second article was to evaluate the effect of an eight-month educational intervention on the quality of sleep and lifestyle habits of basic education teachers in Uberaba (MG) during the COVID 19 pandemic. with 75 Basic Education teachers linked to the Municipal Education Department of Uberaba - MG, from February to September 2021. A questionnaire (google forms) was applied before and after the educational intervention. The intervention took place online, with monthly meetings, presenting a pillar of health each month, the proposal of cumulative experience, totaling the practice of the eight pillars of health in the last month of intervention. Among the participants, the majority were female (96%). Teachers living with partners predominated (53.3%). Income of up to three minimum wages (57.3%), most teachers with postgraduate degrees: lato and stricto sensu (73.3%). The results indicate a decrease in post-intervention BMI (p=0.007). Regarding lifestyle, a significant difference was observed in the food domain (p=0.0001) of the Q8RN. Fantastic lifestyle questionnaire there was a tendency to decrease the results in most domains, but not being significant. The nutrition domain score increased (p=0.042), the behavior domain score (p=0.026), decreased, demonstrating that there was a significant deterioration in behavior. The study aimed to test the effects of an educational intervention on the quality of sleep and the lifestyle of basic education teachers with the intention of contributing to the problems inherent to sleep and the lifestyle of this population.