PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, DEPRESSION AND INSOMNIA AMONG NURSING STAFFS DURING COVID-19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is affecting the mental health of people especially the frontline health care workers. Frontline professionals might experience sleep disturbances due to work pressure, stress, anxiety, depression and various other psychological factors. Social support plays a protective role in preventing depression and insomnia among frontline health care professionals. Thus, this study focused on “Perceived Social Support, Depression and Insomnia among Nursing Staffs during COVID-19”. Objectives of the study is to explore the levels of depression and insomnia among nursing staffs during the pandemic situation and in finding the relationship between Perceived Social Support,Depression and Insomnia among Nursing Staffs during COVID-19. The hypothesis of the current study is that there will be a significant relationship between Perceived Social Support and Depression among nursing staffs,there will be a significant relationship between Perceived Social Support and insomnia among nursing staffs and there will be a significant relationship between Depression and Insomnia among nursing staffs. Nature of the study was quantitative and purposive sampling technique was used to collect data. Data was collected through Google forms around Chennai using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Athens Insomnia Scale from a sample of 51 nursing staffs. Data were analysed using Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation through SPSS Software. Results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between perceived social support and depression.There is no statistically significant relationship between perceived social support and insomnia.There is a significant positive relationship between depression and insomnia.The present study gave insight about the importance of social support especially during the pandemic situation. Intervention for depression and insomnia are recommended in the phase of the current pandemic.