The Relationship between Nurses’ COVID-19 Risk Perceptions, Anxiety Levels and Sleep Quality
Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between COVID-19 risk perceptions, anxiety levels, and the sleep quality of nurses.
Methods: The sample of the descriptive and correlational study consisted of 248 nurses. The data were collected face-to-face using a Questionnaire form, the COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index between July 1, 2021, and December 29, 2021. Data were evaluated with descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test, Spearman correlation analysis test, and linear regression analysis.
Results: The mean score was 29.73±6.66 for the COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale, 4.22±0.28 for the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale score, and 8.30±3.3 for the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index. A moderate positive correlation was found between the participants' Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index scores and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale total score (r=0.300, p<0.01), and a weak positive correlation was found between the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and the COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale total score (r=0.157, p<0.05).
Conclusions: It is concluded that COVID-19 risk perception and coronavirus anxiety had an adverse effect on sleep quality.
Keywords
Anxiety , COVID-19 , nurses , sleep quality
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