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Association between depression and sleep quality in
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus:
A systematic review and meta-analysis

Interested in exploring the relationship between
depression and sleep quality in patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE), the researchers who
collaborated on this study via systematic review of
the available literature on this topic using five English
databases (PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE,
Cochrane Library, and CINAHL). Nine studies qualified
for analysis which, once finished, reported that
depression was moderately correlated with sleep
quality. Analyzing the 7-component Pittsburgh Sleep
Quality Index, it was found that depression was
associated with subjective sleep quality, sleep latency,
sleep disturbances, and daytime dysfunction. Poor
sleep quality tended to correlate with higher levels of
depression. The ability to promote awareness of the
connection between depression and sleep quality can
help health professionals to try and alleviate the
effects of depression and improve sleep quality in SLE
patients. Sleep and Breathing

Delivering midwifery concepts to undergraduate https://cmu.to/fVJkW
nursing students: A comparison study of the online
flipped learning with the traditional in-class pedagogy

Anyone involved in education is aware that the
COVID-19 pandemic forced education online in early
2020, and although this was not purely by choice, it
did provide the opportunity for “natural experimentation”
in comparing the effectiveness of different teaching
and learning approaches. In this study, led by Associate
Professor Dr. Piyanut Xuto, a flipped learning model of
teaching midwifery was compared with a traditional
classroom approach. Although course evaluation
scores proved similar, students rated the flipped
learning model lower related to the factors of ‘
appropriateness of learning time’ and ‘workload
outside the class’, possibly due to students’ perceptions
of less-than-optimal mental health and frustration due
to being confined to dormitory rooms and separated
from their classmates. Teaching and Learning in Nursing

https://cmu.to/HQDq5

Research Wisdom 13
Volume 9 | June 2022