Results
Healthcare workers who participated in our survey reported that they
started to go to bed later, fell asleep later (mean: 41.75±35.35
minutes), their total sleep time (mean: 6.67±1.88 hours) was shortened,
and they needed medication to sleep more (%5.7) after the COVID-19
pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, bedtime behavior after 24:00
decreased from 80.1% to 43.9% of those who previously went to bed
before 24:00. For those who went to bed after 24:00 before, it increased
from 19.9% to 56.1%.In addition, sleep quality as assessed by
subjective and JSS significantly deteriorated after the COVID-19
pandemic. Excessive daytime sleepiness increased. Those with
ESS>10 before COVID-19 were 3.9%, post- COVID-19
ESS>10 14.1% (p<0.001).