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Berna Köktürk Dalcalı1, Hanife Durgun2, Ayşe Sinem Taş1
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversity, Bandırma, Balıkesir, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study was carried out with the aim of determining the correlation between the levels of anxiety experienced by students and their sleep quality during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Design And Methods:
This descriptive and correlational type study' sample population was 283 students. The personal information form, state-trait anxiety inventory, Verran and Snyder-Halpern sleep scale were used in data collection.
Findings:
Study findings indicate that students' state-trait anxiety levels and sleep quality are average, 28.26% of them sleep interrupted and there is a correlation between their anxiety and sleep quality.
Practice Implication:
İt is recommended that teaching students how to deal with COVID-19 and interventional studies aimed at improving sleep quality by reducing anxiety levels should be conducted to further investigate the topic.
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