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ArticleSleep medicine reviews2021

Sleep in times of crises: A scoping review in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis.

Guido Simonelli, Dominique Petit, Julia Pizzamiglio Delage, Xavier Michaud, Marie Denise Lavoie, Charles M Morin, Roger Godbout, Rebecca Robillard, Annie Vallières, Julie Carrier and 1 more

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Article in Sleep medicine reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Guido SimonelliCenter for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux Du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal (Quebec) Canada; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada; Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
Dominique PetitCenter for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux Du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal (Quebec) Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
Julia Pizzamiglio DelageÉcole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada.
Xavier MichaudCenter for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux Du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal (Quebec) Canada; Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
Marie Denise LavoieLibrary service, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada.
Charles M MorinÉcole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Canada.
Roger GodboutDepartment of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada; Sleep Laboratory & Clinic, Hôpital en Santé Mentale Rivière-des-Prairies, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
Rebecca RobillardSleep Research Unit, Royal Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada.
Annie VallièresÉcole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Canada.
Julie CarrierCenter for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux Du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal (Quebec) Canada; Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
Célyne BastienÉcole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Canada. Electronic address: celyne.bastien@psy.ulaval.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the early days of the pandemic and in the context of a seemingly unknown global threat, several potential major sleep disruptors were identified by sleep researchers and practitioners across the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic combined several features that, individually, had been shown to negatively affect sleep health in the general population. Those features included state of crisis, restrictions on in-person social interactions, as well as financial adversity. To address the lack of a comprehensive summary of sleep research across these three distinctive domains, we undertook three parallel systematic reviews based on the following themes: 1) Sleep in times of crises; 2) Sleep and social isolation; and 3) Sleep and economic uncertainty. Using a scoping review framework, we systematically identified and summarized findings from these three separated bodies of works. Potential moderating factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, psychological predisposition, occupation and other personal circumstances are also discussed. To conclude, we propose novel lines of research necessary to alleviate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crises and highlight the need to prepare the deployment of sleep solutions in future crises.

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COVID-19PandemicsHumansSARS-CoV-2SleepCOVID-19CrisisEconomic uncertaintyLonelinessPandemicRecessionSleepSocial isolationSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34571477
PMCPMC8461524

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