Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
YOBU Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, cilt.6, sa.3, ss.292-302, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
Aim: This study was aimed to determine the levels of insomnia-fatigue and compliance with Mediterranean diet of healthcare professionals and to examine relationships among them.
Material: 132 healthcare professionals working in a tertiary public hospital participated in this cross-sectional study. An online survey form that included general characteristics, levels of insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index/ISI, score range 0-28), fatigue (Chalder Fatigue Scale/CFS, score range 0-33) and compliance with Mediterranean diet (Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener/MEDAS, score range 0-14) of participants were used. The relationships between the obtained scores were tested using Simple and Multiple Linear Regression Analyses.
Results: 93 women (70.5%) and 39 men (29.5%) with a mean age of 30.8±8.3 years, 80.3% undergraduate degrees, 62.1% nurses/midwives’ healthcare professionals were included in the study. Fatigue and compliance of Mediterranean diet scale scores were found to be higher in women than men (CFS mean±standard deviation 18.2±6.8 vs 11.2±6.7, p<0.001, and MEDAS median (interquartile range) 6.0 (3) vs 6.0 (2), p=0.036). Regardless of age, sex, shift working, and working in any service related to COVID-19 (Model 4), no correlation was found between the score of compliance to Mediterranean diet and insomnia-fatigue scores (for MEDAS-ISI relationship β1=-0.066, Beta=-0.144, 95% CI=(-0.145)-(0.012), p=0.096, and for MEDAS-CFS relationship β1=-0.039, Beta=-0.134, 95% CI=(-0.094)-(0.017), p=0.169).
Conclusion: Further research on this subject is needed because it is thought that physical and psychological such as anxiety, fatigue, burnout, and insomnia might affect their nutrition status negatively.
Key Words: COVID-19, Job stress, Anxiety, Sleep, Mediterranean diet