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Fatigue and Sleep Quality Levels of Post-COVID-19 Healthcare Workers and Affecting Factors
ISSN: 2687 - 5365Publisher: author   
Fatigue and Sleep Quality Levels of Post-COVID-19 Healthcare Workers and Affecting Factors
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Publisher: Necati Ozpinar
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Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are the occupational group with the highest potential to be affected by infectious diseases and epidemics. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the fatigue and sleep quality levels of HCWs who survived COVID-19 and influencing factors. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 133 post-COVID-19 HCWs who applied to internal medicine outpatient clinic between March 1, 2021, and April 15, 2021, in Turkey. Sociodemographic Data Form, Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to obtain research data. More than half of the post-COVID-19 HCWs had fatigued (55.6%) and had poor sleep quality (59.4%). The mean fatigue and sleep quality score was higher under the age of 40. Increasing PSQI score (the worse sleep quality), increased the fatigue 1.54 times. Being female worsened sleep quality 6.61 times, being overweight worsened sleep quality 4.81 times, and increasing FAS sc...