ERGENLERDE COVID-19 FOBISI VE UYKU KALİTESİ

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the sleep quality levels of adolescents with COVID-19 phobia and the relationship between them. This descriptive and correlational research was conducted in public high schools in Kırşehir. The data of the study were collected between 20.01.2021 and 24.02.2021 using the "Student Information Form", "Coronavirus 19 Phobia Scale" and "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index". The research was conducted with 406 high school students. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality total score average of the adolescents participating in the study was 5.97±3.53, 'Coronavirus 19 Phobia total score average was 46.97±13.59'. It was determined that 49.5% of the adolescents had poor sleep quality. The sleep quality of the adolescents who went to vocational and technical Anatolian high school was found to be better. In addition, adolescents who are female, feel stressed due to COVID-19, think that nothing will be the same as before due to COVID-19, have moderate COVID-19 phobias and low sleep quality. Adolescents' sleep quality was low and their COVID-19 phobia was moderate. It has been determined that COVID-19 phobia and sleep quality affect each other.