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KMID : 1151920210030030102
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Chronobiology in Medicine
2021 Volume.3 No. 3 p.102 ~ p.106
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Insomnia in COVID-19 Survivors: A Cross Sectional Study Among Healthcare Workers
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Uvais Nalakath A.
Moideen Shamsudeen
Hafi Bishurul
Rajagopal Sooraj
Maheshwari V.
Gafoor Tasneem Abdul
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Abstract
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Objective: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection predisposes patients to various psychiatric disorders. Study results indicate significantly higher prevalence of insomnia among patients with COVID-19 during active phase. Acute insomnia during active phase of COVID-19 can persist even after recovery, and can transform into chronic insomnia. There are not many studies exploring insomnia among COVID-19 survivors. Our study aims to explore insomnia and its correlation among healthcare workers with confirmed infection of COVID-19 after recovery.
Methods: One hundred and seven COVID-19 survivors participated in the study. The social demographic and clinical information of all participants was collected by a structured self report questionnaire. Insomnia was evaluated using the Insomnia Severity Index.
Results: The prevalence of insomnia was 21.5% among the healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19 infection after recovery. There were significant positive correlation between the duration of fever and insomnia severity (0.247, p=0.01).
Conclusion: Our study among healthcare workers recovered from COVID-19 provides evidence for high prevalence of insomnia among COVID-19 survivors. The results of this study demands that specific support measures should be planned and implemented to address insomnia among healthcare workers recovered from COVID-19.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Insomnia, Survivors, Healthcare workers, India
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