Abstract: By December 2019, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia emerged in China. Tamil Nadu reported its first case on 7th March 2020 in Chennai. As this virus is highly contagious, health workers are under both physical and psychological pressure. Nurses viewed the novel coronavirus as a menace to their personal life and health. Despite the whole country being under lockdown and people working from their homes, health workers were on duty. They are secluded from their family regarding avoiding the spread of infection, thus creating additional psychological distress. This study aims at analysing the relation between the psychological distress; state of psychological sufferings characterised by symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress and Insomnia faced by frontline workers of COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, they were invited to complete an online questionnaire regarding their attitude towards the COVID-19 epidemic and manipulating the novel VIRUS that has no peculiar vaccine though. This study opted for a questionnaire upon nurses of Tamil Nadu as sample (N=100). Psychological parameters used were Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) developed by Lovibond SH & Lovibond PF in 1995 and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) published by Charles. M. Morin in 2009. c. A correlation between depression, anxiety, stress and Insomnia is expected to be the result. This paper would conclude that Depression, Anxiety and Stress may lead to Insomnia among nurses.
Keywords: COVID-19, Nurse, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Insomnia, Pandemic.
Title: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND INSOMNIA AMONG NURSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Author: Divyasree G, Dharineesh R P, Kuralamudhu M K
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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