The effect of SARS-CoV2 disease on fatigue, sleep, physical activity, and kinesiophobia in patients with systemic hypertension

Abstract

Aim: No other studies investigated fatigue, sleep, physical activity, and kinesiophobia in individuals with hypertension. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of SARS-CoV2 disease on fatigue, sleep, physical activity, and kinesiophobia in individuals with systemic hypertension. Materials and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out with a total of 99 people with hypertension, including 53 of them with SARS-CoV2 disease history. Patients were evaluated with the “International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia for Heart (TSK Heart), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)”. Results: People with hypertension in the SARS-CoV2 positive group had a significantly higher moderate PA sub score of the IPAQ (Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes per week) (p=0.014). Besides, the FSS scores of SARS-CoV2 positive patients were significantly higher (p=0.019). FSS was moderately associated with TSK Heart and PSQI (r1=0.575, r2=0.654, respectively). TSK Heart was moderately correlated with moderate PA sub score of the IPAQ and IPAQ-Total score (r1=-0.394, r2=-0.436, respectively). Conclusion: SARS-CoV2 was found to be responsible for fatigue in people with hypertension. Kinesiophobia was related with both total and moderate PA in COVID-19 positive hypertension patients. Besides, fatigue was correlated with kinesiophobia and sleep quality.