Poor-sleep is associated with slow recovery from lymphopenia and an increased need for ICU care in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study.
Brain Behav Immun
; 88: 50-58, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-549071
ABSTRACT
Sleep is known to play an important role in immune function. However, the effects of sleep quality during hospitalization for COVID-19 remain unclear. This retrospective, single-center cohort study was conducted to investigate the effects of sleep quality on recovery from lymphopenia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to the West District of Wuhan Union Hospital between January 25 and March 15, 2020. The Richards-Campbell sleep questionnaire (RCSQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to assess sleep quality. The epidemiological, demographic, clinical, laboratory, treatment, and outcome data were collected from electronic medical records and compared between the good-sleep group and poor-sleep group. In all, 135 patients (60 in good-sleep group and 75 in poor-sleep group) were included in this study. There were no significant between-group differences regarding demographic and baseline characteristics, as well as laboratory parameters upon admission and in-hospital treatment. Compared with patients in the good-sleep group, patients in the poor-sleep group had lower absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) (day 14 median, 1.10 vs 1.32, P = 0.0055; day 21 median, 1.18 vs 1.48, P = 0.0034) and its reduced recovery rate (day 14 median, 56.91 vs 69.40, P = 0.0255; day 21 median, 61.40 vs 111.47, P = 0.0003), as well as increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR; day 14 median, 3.17 vs 2.44, P = 0.0284; day 21 median, 2.73 vs 2.23, P = 0.0092) and its associated deterioration rate (day 14 median, -39.65 vs -61.09, P = 0.0155; day 21 median, -51.40% vs -75.43, P = 0.0003). Nine [12.0%] patients in the poor-sleep group required ICU care (P = 0.0151); meanwhile, none of the patients in good-sleep group required ICU care. Patients in the poor-sleep group had increased duration of hospital stay (33.0 [23.0-47.0] days vs 25.0 [20.5-36.5] days, P = 0.0116) compared to those in the good-sleep group. An increased incidence of hospital-acquired infection (seven [9.3%] vs one [1.7%]) was observed in the poor-sleep group compared to the good-sleep group; however, this difference was not significant (P = 0.1316). In conclusion, poor sleep quality during hospitalization in COVID-19 patients with lymphopenia is associated with a slow recovery from lymphopenia and an increased need for ICU care.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Sleep
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Coronavirus Infections
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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
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Lymphopenia
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Brain Behav Immun
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
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Brain
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Psychophysiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.bbi.2020.05.075
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