Sleep Quality of Patients with COVID-19 after Hospital Discharge

Study Objectives: We planned to evaluate the sleep quality of patients with COVID-19 in their first-month follow-up and investigate whether it is related to the severity of the disease and the current symptoms and laboratory findings of the individual. Methods: The study was designed as an observational cross-sectional study. COVID-19 diagnosed and hospitalized patients who agreed to participate and came to the outpatient clinic for the 1st-month of inpatient treatment were included in the study. COVID-19 severity was defined as the location of treatment in the hospital: admission place intensive care unit (ICU) was accepted as severe case; the ward was accepted as mild cases. A questionnaire including demographics, comorbidities, current complaints, and the Pittsburg sleep quality test was filled in at the time of admission to the outpatient clinic. All patients were grouped according to PSC as good sleep group (PSC<5) and bad sleep group (PSC>=5). Results: In the study period 83 patients (49 male and 34 female) had full-fill criteria and were admitted into the study. Those patients were treated %30.1 in ICU and %69.9 in the ward. The sleep score value for the 1st month ranged from 0 to 20 median of 5. The sleep duration (hour) value ranged from 3 to 11, with an average of 7.2 +/- 1.5. 56.6% (n=47) of the patients had poor sleep quality according to the Pittsburg scale. Conclusions: The sleep quality of COVID-19 patients was impaired in the 1st-month controls and was not associated with the severity of the COVID-19 disease.