sleep quality in the survivors of covid-19

Background: after being discharged from the hospital, some people recovering from covid-19may suffer complications and problems. this study was conducted to determine the sleep qualityin the survivors of covid-19 discharged from the hospital.methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in imam khomeini sarab hospital in east azerbaijan province, iran, in 2022. the study sample was 222 survivors of covid-19, discharged from the hospital for at least a month. the subjects were recruited bycontinuous sampling method. the data were collected by a demographic and disease-relatedquestionnaire and the pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi). the collected data were analyzed bythe independent t-test, analysis of variance, and scheffé post-hoc test in spss software, version20. the significance level was set at p≥0.05.results: among the subjects, 94(42.3%) were men, and 128(57.7%) were women. the age ofthe respondents was 50.32±16.75 years. about 84.2% of the study subjects obtained a total sleepquality score of more than 5, which s poor sleep quality. also the mean sleep quality score of theresearch subjects was 9.19±3.68, indicating poor sleep quality. significant relationships existedbetween sleep quality and most demographic and disease characteristics (p<0.001). conclusion: considering the poor quality of sleep of the survivors of covid-19 after discharge from the hospital, it is suggested to give sufficient training to these patients before discharge to help them sleep comfortably, and if necessary, plan to refer them to a doctor.