Assessing the physical activity, quality of life, fatigue, sleep quality and burnout levels of physiotherapists working at special education and rehabilitation centers during the pandemic

It is known that living and workplace conditions of working people affects their quality of life. Studies say that work-related fatigue has multiple physical and mental facets. During the pandemic, factors such as being in contact with many people, increasing work load have affected people's quality of life. In this study, we aimed to assess the physical activity, quality of life, fatigue, sleep quality and burnout levels of physiotherapists working at special education and rehabilitation centers during the pandemic. Our study was conducted in special education and rehabilitation centers in Kayseri province. International Physical Activity Questionnare, Proffessional Quality of Life, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Maslach Burnout Inventory and Fatigue Severity Scale were used. 176 people volunteered for our study. 88 were physiotherapists working at special education and rehabilitation centers, and 88 were other proffessionals working at the same places. There was no significant difference in physical activity levels between the two groups (p>0.05). There was not a statistically significant difference between the scores of the subcategories of the Proffessional Quality of Life of the two groups (p>0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between the Fatigue Severity Scale score of the groups (p=0.002). The factors that could affect the fatigue, quality of life and burnout levels of physiotherapists should be deeply examined with other studies.