Use of psychoactive substances by night-shift hospital healthcare workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study based in Parisian public hospitals (ALADDIN).

Lorraine CousinVincent Di BeoFabienne MarcellinSarah CoscasVéronique MahéIsabelle ChavignaudOlivia Rousset TorrenteOlivier ChassanyMartin DuracinskyMaria Patrizia Carrieri

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Daily smoking (especially in younger men) and tranquilliser and opioid use were highly prevalent in NSHW in the AP-HP network during France's first COVID-19 wave. Specific interventions for quitting smoking and addressing determinants of tranquilliser and opioid use in NSHW need to be developed and evaluated to improve quality of life in these essential, underdiagnosed and undertreated health personnel.

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