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Stay-at-home circumstances do not produce sleep disorders: An international survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Y. Roitblat, J. Burger, A. Leit, L. Nehuliaieva, G. Umarova, V. Kaliberdenko, S. Kulanthaivel, N. Buchris, M. Shterenshis, R. Milken, R. AMHSI,
2021

Objective: The anxiety-related insomnia and other sleep disorders were mentioned as possible side effects of quarantine and stay-at-home conditions. The questions to be explored were: Are there discernable differences in hours of sleep and sleep habits between the normal operational environment and the stay-at-home condition? and How seriously anxiety-induced insomnia or other sleep disorders may affect individuals during the stay-at-home? Methods: This international prospective study analyzed results from the sleep-wake patterns questionnaire, daily logs, and interviews. During COVID-19 pandemic, surveys were administered to the healthy volunteers with stay-at-home for 14 days or more, without previous sleep disorders; volunteers were not involved in online education/work daily timetable-related activities. Results: We analyzed 14,000 subjects from 11 countries with average stay-at-home of 62 days. The most significant changes in sleep occurred during the first 14 days of stay-at-home. The difference in the sleep duration between weekdays and weekends disappeared. Most of the participants discontinued using alarm clocks. The total sleep time increased in duration up to 9:10 ± 1:16 to the end of the quarantine/stay-at-home (+1:34, p = 0.02). The age-dependent changes in napping habits occurred. Only 1.8% of participants indicated insomnia during the first 14-day period with a decline to 0.5% after two months of stay-at-home. Conclusion: During the stay-at-home situation, both duration and timing of sleep significantly differ from those of daily routine and most humans sleep longer than in a schedule-dependent operational environment. An appearance of anxiety-induced insomnia is extremely rare if a healthy individual is already in the stay-at-home situation. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.

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  • Y. Roitblat
    Science Research Department, Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) affiliated with Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Education (AMIIE), Hod HaSharon, Israel
  • J. Burger
    Matan Chen Manpower for Nursing Ltd., Rishon-LeZion, Israel
  • A. Leit
    Dept. of Sciences, Sharon High School, Sharon, MA, United States
  • L. Nehuliaieva
    Dept. of Sciences, The Harley School, Rochester, NY, United States
  • G. Umarova
    Andrei Krupynskyi Lviv Medical Academy, Lviv, Ukraine
  • V. Kaliberdenko
    Tashkent Medical Academy, Uzbekistan
  • S. Kulanthaivel
    Department of Internal Medicine, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, No. 2, Russian Federation
  • N. Buchris
    Naarayani Multispeciality Hospital, Kavindapadi, Erode, India
  • M. Shterenshis
    Child and Adolescent Development, California State University, Northridge, CA, United States
  • R. Milken
    Science Research Department, Milken Community High School, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • R. AMHSI
Название журнала
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
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  • 139
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  • -
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  • adolescent; adult; anxiety; Article; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; female; human; insomnia; major clinical study; male; middle aged; pandemic; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; prospective study; quarantine; questionnaire; sleep; sleep disorder; sleep pattern; sleep time; structured interview; young adult
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  • Elsevier Inc.
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  • journal article
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  • CC
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  • scopus