ArticleSleep medicine2021
Self-reported sleep quality and dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs in young and older adults: changes in times of COVID-19 lockdown.
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- Changes in sleep quality and sleep disturbances in the general population from before to during the COVID-19 lockdown: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Subjective sleep alterations in healthy subjects worldwide during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Sleep medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Post-Infection Insomnia, Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep, and Depression in the COVID-19-Infected General Population.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Self-control and bed procrastination as mediators between mindfulness and sleep quality among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Changes in well-being among socially isolated older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: An outcome-wide analysis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Recent tobacco smoking, restaurant and in-car secondhand smoke exposure are associated with depressive symptoms among young adults: a population-based cross-sectional analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Investigation on sleep-related cognition of Chinese health care workers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Marital status and living apart affect sleep quality in male military personnel: a study of the China's Navy during COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Role of Dysfunctional Sleep Beliefs in Mediating the Outcomes of Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Protocol for a Single-Group, Nonrandomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Discrepancy Between Desired Time in Bed and Desired Total Sleep Time, Insomnia, Depression, and Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep Among the General Population.Psychiatry investigation · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Insomnia Symptoms in Older Chinese Adults During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Classification Tree Analysis.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2022Article
- Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.Sleep medicine · 2021Article
- Reevaluating Sleep Quality During COVID-19 and Associations With Quarantine, Mental Health, Stress, and Screen Time in Young Adults: Results From a Cross-Sectional Online Survey.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined changes due to COVID-19 lockdown in young and older adults' self-reported sleep quality and dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs.
methodsAdults involved in studies prior to the pandemic were contacted during the COVID-19 lockdown. Seventeen young adults (age range: 18-35 years) and 21 older adults (age range: 65-90 years) agreed to participate. Participants were interviewed by phone (between 27th April and 4
resultsIn terms of mean changes, the results showed null effect sizes for changes in self-reported sleep quality for both age groups. In young adults, a medium effect size emerged for changes in sleep latency, which increased during lockdown. No changes in any of the self-reported sleep quality dimensions emerged in older adults. In both age groups, the effect sizes for changes in dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs were negligible. In older adults, however, changes in self-reported sleep quality were largely associated with changes in dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs.
conclusionsOur results suggest that self-reported sleep quality and dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs were not affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in young or older adults. They also suggest that it might be useful to consider changes in dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs to better capture the impact of stressful events (such as a period of quarantine) on sleep quality, especially where older adults are concerned.
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