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

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

A�r�. 2022; 34(1): 7-15 | DOI: 10.14744/agri.2021.47108

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

G�l�in Hac�beyo�lu¹, Ay�e Seda Eren², �ule Ar�can¹, Resul Y�lmaz¹, Ruhiye Reisli², Sema Tuncer Uzun²
¹Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
²Department of Algology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

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.

Keywords: Headache, pandemic, personal protective equipment.

COVID-19 pandemisinde g�revli sa�l�k personelinin ya�ad�� ba� a�r�s�nda etkili fakt�rlerin ara�t�r�lmas�: Tek merkezli bir anket �al��mas�

G�l�in Hac�beyo�lu¹, Ay�e Seda Eren², �ule Ar�can¹, Resul Y�lmaz¹, Ruhiye Reisli², Sema Tuncer Uzun²
¹Necmettin Erbakan �niversitesi, Meram T�p Fak�ltesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dal�, Konya, T�rkiye
²Algoloji Anabilim Dal�, Necmettin Erbakan �niversitesi, Meram T�p Fak�ltesi, Konya, T�rkiye

Ama�: Bu �al��mada ama� COVID-19 pandemisinde g�revli sa�l�k personelinin pandemi sürecinde ya�ad�� ba� a�r�s�n�n hangi
fakt�rlere ba�l� olabilece�ini tespit etmektir.
Gere� ve Y�ntem: �al��man�n evrenini COVID-19 pandemisinde g�rev alan sa�l�k personeli olu�turdu. Anket formu 40 adet
sorudan olu�turuldu. Ankette kat�l�mc�lar�n demografik bilgileri, COVID-19 hastas� ile temas varl��, hangi ki�isel koruyucu
ekipman� hangi s�kl�kta kulland��, pandemi sürecinin ya�am tarz�na etkisi, g�rme kusuru varl��, pandemi sürecinin su tüketime
olan etkisi, eski veya de novo ba� a�r�s� varl��, bu a�r�ya etkili olabilecek fakt�rler ve a�r�y� azaltan fakt�rler sorguland�.
Bulgular: �al��maya 177 sa�l�k �al��an� kat�ld�. %93,8�inin günlük maske kullan�m� 4 saatin üzerindedir.Ki�isel koruyucu ekipman
kulland�klar� günlerde kat�l�mc�lar�n %62,7�si su tüketimlerinin artt��n� bildirmi�lerdir. %72,3�ü uyku düzeninde bozulma,
%83,1�i stres ve endi�elerinde art�� bildirmi�tir. Kat�l�mc�lar�n %65,5�i pandemi sürecinde ba� a�r�s� ya�am��t�r. Ba� a�r�s�n�n
muhtemel nedenleri olarak en �ok ki�isel koruyucu ekipman kullan�m�na ba�l� a��r� terleme ve nefes al�p vermenin zorla�mas�n�
bildirmi�lerdir.
Sonu�: Pandemi sürecinde sa�l�k �al��anlar�n�n �nemli bir b�lümü ba� a�r�s� ya�amaktad�r. Ba� a�r�s� olu�umu üzerinde ki�isel
koruyucu ekipman kullan�m�n�n olu�turdu�u fiziksel zorluklar yan�nda pandemi sürecinin olu�turdu�u stres de g�zard� edilmemelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Ba� a�r�s�, pandemi, ki�isel koruyucu ekipman.

G�l�in Hac�beyo�lu, Ay�e Seda Eren, �ule Ar�can, Resul Y�lmaz, Ruhiye Reisli, Sema Tuncer Uzun. Research for the factors effecting the headache experienced by the health-care personnel in COVID-19 pandemic: A monocentric survey study. A�r�. 2022; 34(1): 7-15

Corresponding Author: G�l�in Hac�beyo�lu, T�rkiye

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