Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life and sleep of university professionals in the health area

Abstract

Introduction: Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic affected social and economic relations and the organization of work. Among the consequences of preventive measures were changes in work activities, fear of infection, isolation, financial difficulties and uncertainty about the future, which could lead to physical and mental overload. Objective: to analyze the impact of the pandemic on quality of life (QL) and sleep (QS) in university professors in the health area of ​​UEPB. Methodology: This is a quantitative, descriptive and analytical, cross-sectional study, with the recruitment of professors through electronic dissemination, responding to a virtual questionnaire, with questions addressing sociodemographic, labor and lifestyle aspects, the WHOQOL-bref to assess QL and PSQI to assess SQ. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version 22.0). Spearman's British was performed between investigated data and the total scores and scores for each domain of the WHOQOL-bref and PSQI, in addition to analysis using multiple linear regression (Stepwise model) to explain whether there is influence on the variance of these data. The significance level adopted was p < 0.05. Results: 56 professors participated, and values ​​were found in the scores that indicate median QL, poor QS and the presence of sleep disorders in some professors. There were statistically severe negative moderate correlations that the better the quality of sleep, the greater the quality of life. Conclusion: The findings point to changes in several investigated variables, inferring that the pandemic had a negative impact on the QL and QS of the investigated professors.