Healthcare workers' sleep and mood disturbances during COVID-19 outbreak in an Iranian referral center.

Babak Amra Mehrzad Salmasi Forogh Soltaninejad Marzieh HashemiMina NickpourMarjan Mansourian Khojasteh Ghasemi Charles M Morin

Published in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2021)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HCWs in this sample experienced a high rate of sleep and mood disturbances. There was also a strong association between sleep and mood disturbances and COVID-like symptoms in the group without a positive RT-PCR result. With all this considered, effective psychological support for HCWs during crisis seems to be necessary.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
depressive symptoms
physical activity
bipolar disorder
coronavirus disease
sars cov
primary care
public health