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Poor QoS and HRQoL correlated with high health anxiety and severe depressive symptoms and several demographic characteristics. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that higher scores on GAD-7 (beta\u2009=\u2009.71, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.01) and lower scores on mental health (MH) subscale on SF36 questionnaire (beta\u2009=\u2009\u2013.69; p\u2009&lt;\u2009.01) were independent predictors of the higher PSQI score (adjusted R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.61, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.01 for overall model). Higher scores on GAD-7 (beta\u2009=\u2009.68, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.01) and worse self-perceived mental status (beta\u2009=\u2009.25; p\u2009&lt;\u2009.05) were independent predictors of the lower SF36 scores (adjusted R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.73, p\u2009&lt;\u2009.01 for overall model).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The major MH burden of health care professionals treating infected patients during the COVID-19 pandemic indicates that they need psychological support.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0020764020942800","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,17]],"date-time":"2020-07-17T07:46:18Z","timestamp":1594971978000},"page":"175-181","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":101,"title":["Quality of sleep and health-related quality of life among health care professionals treating patients with coronavirus disease-19"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"67","author":[{"given":"Jelena","family":"Stojanov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders \u2018Gornja Toponica\u2019, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marina","family":"Malobabic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Nis, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Goran","family":"Stanojevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Milos","family":"Stevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vuk","family":"Milosevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Nis, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6462-3528","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aleksandar","family":"Stojanov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Nis, Nis, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0020764020942800","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0165-1781(89)90047-4"},{"key":"bibr2-0020764020942800","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2019.11.121"},{"key":"bibr3-0020764020942800","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Greenberg N., Docherty M., Gnanapragasam S., Wessely S. 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