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ArticleSleep medicine2020

The enemy who sealed the world: effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population.

Maria Casagrande, Francesca Favieri, Renata Tambelli, Giuseppe Forte

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Article in Sleep medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05771909 (Effect of App-driven Deep Breathing), which is not on this map. Cited by 386 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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NCT05771909 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effect of App-driven Deep Breathing (NEURODIGITX) on Anxiety Levels and Quality of Life in Caregivers: a Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondation Hôpital Saint-JosephRan2023 to 2024Enrolled0ConditionsAnxiety Disorders, Hospital Workers, Deep BreathArmsNeurodigitX, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

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386 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 747 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria CasagrandeDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: maria.casagrande@uniroma1.it.
Francesca FavieriDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Renata TambelliDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe ForteDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: g.forte@uniroma1.it.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global health emergency. The extreme actions aimed to reduce virus diffusion have profoundly changed the lifestyles of the Italian population. Moreover, fear of contracting the infection has generated high levels of anxiety. This study aimed to understand the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on sleep quality, general anxiety symptomatology, and psychological distress. Methods: An online survey collected information on socio-demographic data and additional information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, sleep quality, sleep disorders, generalized anxiety symptoms, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology related to COVID-19 were assessed. Results: This study included 2291 respondents. The results revealed that 57.1% of participants reported poor sleep quality, 32.1% high anxiety, 41.8% high distress, and 7.6% reported PTSD symptomatology linked to COVID-19. Youth and women, those uncertain regarding possible COVID-19 infection, and greater fear of direct contact with those infected by COVID-19 had an increased risk of developing sleep disturbances, as well as higher levels of anxiety and distress. Finally, a significant relationship between sleep quality, generalized anxiety, and psychological distress with PTSD symptoms related to COVID-19 was evidenced. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be a risk factor for sleep disorders and psychological diseases in the Italian population, as previously reported in China. These results should be used as a starting point for further studies aimed to develop psychological interventions to minimize the brief and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Psychological DistressAdultAnxietyBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DepressionFemaleHealth StatusHumansItalyMalePandemicsPneumonia, ViralQuarantineSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Generalized anxietyPost-traumatic stress disorderPsychological well-beingPTSDSleep quality

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PMID32853913
PMCPMC7215153
OpenAlexW3024171560

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