Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic

Objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has not only threatened physical health, but has also grown as a burden to public health, economics and mental well-being. Hospital visits for many reasons have decreased. However, some special groups of facilities such as hemodialysis (HD) can not be d...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elif Torun Parmaksız, Ergün Parmaksız
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2024-03-01
Series:Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi
Subjects:
Online Access: http://jtsm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/sleep-disturbances-depression-and-anxiety-in-hemod/64881
_version_ 1797226258144165888
author Elif Torun Parmaksız
Ergün Parmaksız
author_facet Elif Torun Parmaksız
Ergün Parmaksız
author_sort Elif Torun Parmaksız
collection DOAJ
description Objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has not only threatened physical health, but has also grown as a burden to public health, economics and mental well-being. Hospital visits for many reasons have decreased. However, some special groups of facilities such as hemodialysis (HD) can not be disrupted. Anxiety and depression are important problems in patients undergoing HD. We aimed to assess symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances among HD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine factors associated with psychological distress. Materials and Methods: In this observational, cross-sectional study, HD patients were asked to fill out questionnaire about sociodemographic factors, education level, employment and economic status, and marital status. They were asked about worries regarding the COVID-19 infection, whether they had been infected by COVID-19, admitted to hospital or to the intensive care unit. Each participant was delivered the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Beck depression inventory, and Beck anxiety inventory. Results: The mean age of 58 patients was 50.9±14.6 (22-76) years; 19 (32.8%) had been infected with COVID-19 and 10 (15.5%) were admitted to the hospital. Fifteen patients had household contacts who had been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and four patients had household contacts who died. Most (69%) have reported that they were unaffected by the COVID-19 news, while 29% have said that the media increased their worries. Sleep quality was poor (PSQI ≥5) in the majority (n=36, 59%). Having COVID-19 was found to harm the quality of sleep. Poor quality of sleep was seen in 68.4% of COVID-19 survivors, whereas this ratio was 59% in participants who had not been infected by SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion: Sleep quality seems to be negatively influenced by COVID-19.
first_indexed 2024-04-24T14:22:03Z
format Article
id doaj.art-ee3e30fcae884963991be32e2f559a1b
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2148-1504
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-24T14:22:03Z
publishDate 2024-03-01
publisher Galenos Yayinevi
record_format Article
series Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi
spelling doaj.art-ee3e30fcae884963991be32e2f559a1b2024-04-03T06:28:21ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi2148-15042024-03-01111394410.4274/jtsm.galenos.2023.6658813049054Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 PandemicElif Torun Parmaksız0Ergün Parmaksız1 University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Chest Diseases, İstanbul, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Clinic of Nephrology, İstanbul, Turkey Objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has not only threatened physical health, but has also grown as a burden to public health, economics and mental well-being. Hospital visits for many reasons have decreased. However, some special groups of facilities such as hemodialysis (HD) can not be disrupted. Anxiety and depression are important problems in patients undergoing HD. We aimed to assess symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances among HD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine factors associated with psychological distress. Materials and Methods: In this observational, cross-sectional study, HD patients were asked to fill out questionnaire about sociodemographic factors, education level, employment and economic status, and marital status. They were asked about worries regarding the COVID-19 infection, whether they had been infected by COVID-19, admitted to hospital or to the intensive care unit. Each participant was delivered the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Beck depression inventory, and Beck anxiety inventory. Results: The mean age of 58 patients was 50.9±14.6 (22-76) years; 19 (32.8%) had been infected with COVID-19 and 10 (15.5%) were admitted to the hospital. Fifteen patients had household contacts who had been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and four patients had household contacts who died. Most (69%) have reported that they were unaffected by the COVID-19 news, while 29% have said that the media increased their worries. Sleep quality was poor (PSQI ≥5) in the majority (n=36, 59%). Having COVID-19 was found to harm the quality of sleep. Poor quality of sleep was seen in 68.4% of COVID-19 survivors, whereas this ratio was 59% in participants who had not been infected by SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion: Sleep quality seems to be negatively influenced by COVID-19. http://jtsm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/sleep-disturbances-depression-and-anxiety-in-hemod/64881 hemodialysiscovid-19sleep
spellingShingle Elif Torun Parmaksız
Ergün Parmaksız
Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi
hemodialysis
covid-19
sleep
title Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Sleep Disturbances, Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients in COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort sleep disturbances depression and anxiety in hemodialysis patients in covid 19 pandemic
topic hemodialysis
covid-19
sleep
url http://jtsm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/sleep-disturbances-depression-and-anxiety-in-hemod/64881
work_keys_str_mv AT eliftorunparmaksız sleepdisturbancesdepressionandanxietyinhemodialysispatientsincovid19pandemic
AT ergunparmaksız sleepdisturbancesdepressionandanxietyinhemodialysispatientsincovid19pandemic