Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a highly contagious virus, first observed in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December of 2019, has spread across the world resulting in significant morbidity and mortality [1]. The nature of the pandemic with respect to lack of any specific treatment or vaccine along with strict control measures has resulted in significant psychological symptoms among general population [2]. Moreover, patients with COV-ID-19 infection also been shown to be vulnerable to a various psychological disorders even after they have been cured and discharged from hospital [3]. Currently, there are only few epidemi-
Objective: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection predisposes patients to various psychiatric disorders. Study results indicate significantly higher prevalence of insomnia among patients with COVID-19 during active phase. Acute insomnia during active phase of COVID-19 can persist even after recovery, and can transform into chronic insomnia. There are not many studies exploring insomnia among COVID-19 survi- vors. Our study aims to explore insomnia and its correlation among healthcare workers with confirmed infection of COVID-19 after recovery.Methods: One hundred and seven COVID-19 survivors participated in the study. The social demographic and clinical information of all par- ticipants was collected by a structured self report questionnaire. Insomnia was evaluated using the Insomnia Severity Index.Results: The prev- alence of insomnia was 21.5% among the healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19 infection after recovery. There were significant posi- tive correlation between the duration of fever and insomnia severity (0.247, p=0.01).Conclusion: Our study among healthcare workers recovered from COVID-19 provides evidence for high prevalence of insomnia among COVID-19 survivors. The results of this study demands that specific support measures should be planned and implemented to address insomnia among healthcare workers recovered from COVID-19.
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