Determination of sleep fatigue depression and quality of life levels in healthcare professionals during the pandemic period

This study was planned to determine sleep, fatigue, depression, and quality of life levels in healthcare workers during the pandemic period and compare them with the non-healthcare professional group. The study was carried out between December 2021 and March 2022 with a total of 110 participants: 36 healthcare professionals working in the COVID-19 units, 38 healthcare professionals not included in the COVID-19 units, and 36 academicians working on the university staff. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Fatigue Impact Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Short Form-36 Quality of Life Scale (SF-36) were used to assess sleep quality, fatigue, depression, and quality of life. For statistical analysis, the IBM SPSS 25.0 package programme was used. As a result of statistical analysis, participants: while 58,2% were women, the average working time was 7,2 years, the mean age was 31,3 years, and the mean BMI was 23,8, 59,1% did not have COVID-19 disease, and 88,2% did not have a chronic disease. While there was no significant difference in the sub-parameters of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, habitual sleep, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction of the PSQI questionnaire (p>0.05), there was a significant difference in the sleep duration sub-component. The significant difference in this study was determined to be between the academicians participating in the study from the university and the healthcare professionals working in the COVID-19 units, and the average sleep duration score of the personnel working in the COVID-19 units was higher than the academicians at the university (p<0,05). There was no statistically significant difference in the fatigue impact scale total score and its sub-components (p> 0,05), the Beck depression inventory total score and classification (p> 0,05), the SF-36 quality of life scale, bodily pain, role limitations due to physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or emotional problems, and energy/fatigue sub-parameters (p> 0,05). As a result, it was found that both the health personnel working in the COVID-19 units and the healthcare personnel not working in the COVID-19 units were affected more than the other study group in the research, and there was a significant difference in sleep duration, physical function, mental health, social functionality, and general health parameters. It is seen that health workers are affected more than the other study group in terms of sleep, fatigue, depression, and quality of life in the pandemic. Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; healthcare workers; academicians.