Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on sleep quality in university students and administration staff.
J Neurol
; 268(1): 8-15, 2021 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-639371
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
In Italy, lockdown due to COVID-19 health emergency started on March 10 and partially ended on May 3rd, 2020. There was a significant increase of psychological distress and symptoms of mental illness, and worsening of quality of sleep in the general population.METHODS:
Participants completed an anonymous web-based survey that include questionnaires about sleep and anxiety and depression symptoms. Our sample included 400subjects:
307 students (mean age 22.84 ± 2.68) and 93 university administration staff workers (mean age 37.02 ± 12.46).RESULTS:
we found an increase in Bed Time hour, Sleep Latency, and Wake-Up time between before and during COVID-19 emergency and a worsening of sleep quality and of insomnia symptoms. In particular, during the lockdown, the impact of the delay in Bed Time and in Wake-Up was more pronounced in students. In workers, we observed a prevalence of maintenance insomnia before COVID-19 of 24% that significantly increase during COVID-19 reaching 40%, while workers with difficulties in sleep initiation were only 15% that increased to 42%. In our sample, 27.8% showed depressive symptoms, while 34.3% showed anxious symptoms, in particular in students.CONCLUSION:
The impact of lockdown was greater in students than in workers, and in females than in males. Concerning the psycho-emotional aspects, about one-third of our sample showed depressive or anxious symptoms. The results of our study may provide support for the implementation of some interventions for well-being in pandemic condition.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Sleep
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Quarantine
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Depression
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Neurol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00415-020-10056-6
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