ArticleJournal of translational medicine2020
Does Sars-Cov-2 threaten our dreams? Effect of quarantine on sleep quality and body mass index.
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- Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on body weight: A combined systematic review and a meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Subjective sleep alterations in healthy subjects worldwide during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Sleep medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Differential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity Involvements and Exercise Habits in People With and Without Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Sleep medicine reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Eating Disorders Spectrum During the COVID Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Parents' Perception of Food Insecurity and of Its Effects on Their Children in Italy Six Months after the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Sleep, Stress, and Symptoms Among People With Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
- A Behavioral Economic Characterization of the Impact of the COVID-19 Quarantine on Reinforcer Diversity, Behavior, and Health.Perspectives on behavior science · 2026Review
- Prevalence and influencing factors of insomnia among adults in centralized quarantine: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Observational
- Not All Workers Experience Equal Sleep Changes: Insights from the "WorkInCovid" Project.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Predicting sleep quality among college students during COVID-19 lockdown using a LASSO-based neural network model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Changes in the spectrum of ocular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2022 in the Hubei Province.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Differential impact of coffee quantity and sweetening on body composition parameters and inflammation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Alterations in Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Physical Activity in COVID-19: Mechanisms, Interventions, and Lessons for the Future.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Review
- Reconsidering the role of depression and common psychiatric disorders as partners in the type 2 diabetes epidemic.World journal of diabetes · 2024Article
- Change in body weight of older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study II.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- Lifestyle and eating habits changes among adults during COVID-19 era in Egypt: a population-based study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- The role of lifestyle and mental health in the weight change of higher vocational college students in Fuzhou, China during COVID-19.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID 19-related quarantine led to a sudden and radical lifestyle changes, in particular in eating habits. Objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of quarantine on sleep quality (SQ) and body mass index (BMI), and if change in SQ was related to working modalities. MATERIALS: We enrolled 121 adults (age 44.9 ± 13.3 years and 35.5% males). Anthropometric parameters, working modalities and physical activity were studied. Sleep quality was evaluated by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire. At baseline, the enrolled subjects were assessed in outpatient clinic and after 40 days of quarantine/lockdown by phone interview.
resultsOverall, 49.6% of the subjects were good sleepers (PSQI < 5) at the baseline and significantly decreased after quarantine (p < 0.001). In detail, sleep onset latency (p < 0.001), sleep efficiency (p = 0.03), sleep disturbances (p < 0.001), and daytime dysfunction (p < 0.001) significantly worsened. There was also a significant increase in BMI values in normal weight (p = 0.023), in subjects grade I (p = 0.027) and II obesity (p = 0.020). In all cohort, physical activity was significantly decreased (p = 0.004). However, analyzing the data according gender difference, males significantly decreased physical activity as well as females in which there was only a trend without reaching statistical significance (53.5% vs 25.6%; p = 0.015 and 50.0% vs 35.9%, p = 0.106; in males and females, respectively). In addition, smart working activity resulted in a significant worsening of SQ, particularly in males (p < 0.001).
conclusionsQuarantine was associated to a worsening of SQ, particularly in males doing smart working, and to an increase in BMI values.
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