Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: June | Volume: 11 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 263-270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210639
COVID-19 Anxiety and Quality of Sleep among Employees of a Nursing Campus and Their Spouses
Shobha Laxmi Bajracharya1, Priscilla Samson2, Sarala K.C.3, Khagi Maya Pun4
1Associate Professor, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2Associate Professor, 3Nursing Dean, 4Assistant Nursing Dean,
Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Corresponding Author: Shobha Laxmi Bajracharya
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly contagious, has spread across the world rapidly and has taken many lives. All these have created a lot of concern for people leading to heightened levels of anxiety as a common response to this dreadful situation. It not only has affected physically but psychologically as well including sleep quality. This study aimed to assess employees and their spouses’ level of anxiety and sleep quality.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to find out level of anxiety and quality of sleep among employees and their spouses in Nepal during COVID-19 pandemic from June 14, 2020, to July 4, 2020. Web based Google forms and printed questionnaire were used to collect data as required. Total enumerative sampling technique was used where 128 responses were received. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. P value was significant at 0.05. Ethical approval was obtained from Institutional Review Committee of Patan Academy of Health Sciences.
Results: The overall prevalence of COVID-19 dysfunctional anxiety was 1.6% and poor quality sleep was 39.1%. There was no significant association of age, gender and status of respondents with quality of sleep at 95% of significance level (p-value=.089, .887, .964 respectively).
Conclusion: From findings of the study, it is concluded that though only few respondents had dysfunctional covid-19 anxiety, about two fifth respondents had poor quality of sleep. Therefore, poor quality sleep could be addressed, and counselling could be performed on time.
Key words: COVID-19 anxiety, employee, sleep quality, spouse.