MENTAL HEALTH AND SLEEP QUALITY OF SURGICAL NURSES DURING THE COVID-19

Year 2023, Volume: 24 Issue: 1, 49 - 56, 03.01.2023

Pakize Özyürek , Özlem Soyer Er , Gülçin Gül

https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.1013352

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The outbreak of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected the mental well-being of individuals of all ages, especially surgical nurses. This study aimed to explore the association between self-reported mental health and subjective sleep quality of the Turkish surgical nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected from N = 453 surgical nurses using online snowball sampling through social media between May 10 and June 10, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected using the Nurse Information Form, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale (GAD-7), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
RESULTS: While 77.3% of them were determined to provide care to patients with COVID-19, and 2.0% of them had a positive COVID-19 test. A total of 76.2% of surgical nurses were stated to be negatively affected by the pandemic process and 56.2% of them were scared of infecting someone else with the virus. Surgical nurses had a mean GAD-7score of 8.7±5.1, a mean CES-D score of 27.8±12.5, and a mean PSQI score of 10.4±3.5. A positive and moderate level of relationship was found between PSQI and CES-D and GAD-7 levels (r=0.558; r=0.554; p<0.001, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: The surgical nurses were found to show signs of depression, had mild anxiety and had poor sleep quality. The poor sleep quality of the surgical nurses was found to be associated with anxiety and depression symptoms.

Keywords

Mental health, Anxiety, Stress, Depression, COVID-19.

Supporting Institution

YOk

Project Number

YOK

Thanks

We thank all the surgical nurses who participated to the study.

COVİD-19 SÜRECİNDE CERRAHİ HEMŞİRELERİNİN MENTAL SAĞLIĞI VE UYKU KALİTESİ

Abstract

AMAÇ: Yeni Korona virus (COVID-19) salgının ortaya çıkışı, her yaştan bireyler olmak üzere cerrahi hemşirelerinin mental sağlığını oldukça etkilemiştir. Bu çalışma COVID-19 salgını sırasında Türk cerrahi hemşirelerinin öz bildirimlerine dayalı olarak mental sağlık ve uyku kalitelerini araştırmayı amaçlamıştır.
GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Çalışma verileri, 10 Mayıs - 10 Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında 453 cerrahi hemşiresinin katılımıyla web tabanlı çevrimiçi kartopu yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında Hemşire Bilgi Formu, Yaygın Anksiyete Bozukluğu-7 (GAD-7) ölçeği, CES-Depresyon Ölçeği (CES-D) ve Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi (PSQI) ile kullanılmıştır.
BULGULAR: Cerrahi hemşirelerin %77,3’ünün COVID-19’lu hastaya bakım verdiği ve %2’sinin COVID-19 hastalığını geçirdikleri saptanmıştır. Cerrahi hemşirelerin %76,2’si pandemi sürecinden olumsuz etkilendiğini ve %56,2’si kendisine virüs bulaşmasından korktuğunu ifade etmiştir. Cerrahi hemşirelerinin, CES-D puan ortalaması 27,8±12,5, GAD-7 puan ortalaması 8,7±5,1 ve PSQI puan ortalamasının 10,4±3,5 olduğu belirlenmiştir. PSQI ile CES-D ve GAD-7 düzeyleri arasında pozitif yönde ve orta büyüklükte bir ilişki olduğu bulunmuştur (sırasıyla; r=0,558; r=0,554; p<0,001).
SONUÇ: Hemşirelerin depresyon belirtileri gösterdiği, hafif düzeyde anksiyete yaşadıkları ve kötü uyku kalitesine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Hemşirelerin kötü uyku kalitesinin anksiyete ve depresyon belirtileri ile ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Mental sağlık, Anksiyete, Stres, Depresyon, COVID-19, Mental health, Anxiety, Stress, Depression

Project Number

YOK

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