comparing the need for recovery in the operating room practitioners with and without covid-19 infection history

Background: healthcare staff are at the heart of the covid-19pandemic and play an important role in controlling this disease.operating room practitioners could be contaminated by acoronavirus, which imposes a high pressure on them, affectingtheir need for recovery from work. this study aimed to comparethe need for recovery in the operating room practitioners withand without covid-19 infection history.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in theoperating room department of a public hospital on 217 operatingroom practitioners, including operating room technicians,anaesthesiologists, and service staff. the data collection toolswere a demographics questionnaire and the need for recoveryscale. descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and onewayanova were used for data analysis.results: t he m ean a nd s tandard d eviation o f t he n eed f orrecovery score in the studied population were 71.30±21.40. thepractitioners with covid-19 infection history had a significantlyhigher need for recovery (p=0.001) than those without covid-19history. in addition, the service staff had a higher percentage ofcovid-19 infection and had more need for recovery than operatingroom technicians (p=0.014).conclusion: the operating room practitioners with a history ofcovid-19 infection had a significantly higher need for recoverythan those without a history of infection. therefore, protectingthe operating room practitioners against covid-19 infection is thefirst step in preventing the excessive need for recovery levels. inaddition, increasing the number of operating room staff, reducingthe number of working hours, and paying more attention to theirwork-life quality can help reduce their need for recovery.