Sema TUNCER UZUN, Ruhiye REİSLİ, Ayşe Seda EREN, Şule ARICAN, Gülçin HACIBEYOĞLU, Resul YILMAZ

COVID-19 pandemisinde görevli sağlık personelinin yaşadığı baş ağrısında etkili faktörlerinaraştırılması: Tek merkezli bir anket çalışması

Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç COVID-19 pandemisinde görevli sağlık personelinin pandemi sürecinde yaşadığı baş ağrısının hangi faktörlere bağlı olabileceğini tespit etmektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmanın evrenini COVID-19 pandemisinde görev alan sağlık personeli oluşturdu. Anket formu 40 adet sorudan oluşturuldu. Ankette katılımcıların demografik bilgileri, COVID-19 hastası ile temas varlığı, hangi kişisel koruyucu ekipmanı hangi sıklıkta kullandığı, pandemi sürecinin yaşam tarzına etkisi, görme kusuru varlığı, pandemi sürecinin su tüketime olan etkisi, eski veya de novo baş ağrısı varlığı, bu ağrıya etkili olabilecek faktörler ve ağrıyı azaltan faktörler sorgulandı. Bulgular: Çalışmaya 177 sağlık çalışanı katıldı. %93,8’inin günlük maske kullanımı 4 saatin üzerindedir.Kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullandıkları günlerde katılımcıların %62,7’si su tüketimlerinin arttığını bildirmişlerdir. %72,3’ü uyku düzeninde bozulma, %83,1’i stres ve endişelerinde artış bildirmiştir. Katılımcıların %65,5’i pandemi sürecinde baş ağrısı yaşamıştır. Baş ağrısının muhtemel nedenleri olarak en çok kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullanımına bağlı aşırı terleme ve nefes alıp vermenin zorlaşmasını bildirmişlerdir. Sonuç: Pandemi sürecinde sağlık çalışanlarının önemli bir bölümü baş ağrısı yaşamaktadır. Baş ağrısı oluşumu üzerinde kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullanımının oluşturduğu fiziksel zorluklar yanında pandemi sürecinin oluşturduğu stres de gözardı edilmemelidir.

Research for the factors effecting the headache experienced by the health-care personnel in COVID-19 pandemic: A monocentric survey study

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the factors that may be related to the headache experienced by health-care professionals in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: The target population of the study consisted of the health-care professionals working in the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire form consisted of 40 questions. The demographic information of the participants, the presence of contact with the COVID-19 patient, they used which personal protective equipment (PPE) and how often, the effect of the pandemic process on the lifestyle, the presence of visual defects, the effect of the pandemic process on water consumption, the presence of old or de novo headaches, the factors that may affect this headache, and the factors that reduce the pain were questioned in the survey. Results: A total of 177 health-care professionals participated in the study. About 93.8% of the participants use masks daily for more than 4 h. About 62.7% of the participants stated that their water consumption increased on the days when they used PPE. About 72.3% of the participants reported disruption in sleep patterns, 83.1% of them reported increase in their stress and anxiety. About 65.5% of the participants experienced headaches during the pandemic process. They reported that the most likely causes of headache were excessive sweating and difficulty in breathing due to the use of PPE. Conclusion: During the pandemic, a substantial portion of health-care professionals experiences headaches. Besides the physical difficulties caused by the use of PPE, the stress caused by the pandemic process should not be ignored.

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