ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Morbidities Worsening Index to Sleep in the Older Adults During COVID-19: Potential Moderators.
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- Sex Differences in Insomnia and Circadian Rhythm Disorders: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Sleep disturbances among older adults from the Russian Far East experiencing social loss: is there a sex difference?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effects of sleep quality on the risk of various long COVID symptoms among older adults following infection: an observational study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- Sexual dimorphism in immunity and longevity among the oldest old.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Sleep Quality among Older Adults in Brazil during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The Role of Physical Activity.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- The context of COVID-19 affected the long-term sleep quality of older adults more than SARS-CoV-2 infection.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Sleep Quality in Older People: The Impact of Age, Professional Activity, Financial Situation, and Chronic Diseases During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- A two-mediator serial mediation chain of the association between social isolation and impaired sleep in old age.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Older adults were considered a vulnerable group for the COVID-19 infection and its consequences, including problems with sleep. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of sleep disorders in older adults, to describe their sleep patterns, as well as to analyse if there were any changes in comparison with the period pre-pandemic. Materials and Methods: Online survey used for data collection received answers from 914 elderly age range 65-90 years, from April to August 2020. Results: 71% of the sample reported a pre-existent sleep disorder, and some of them worsened during the pandemic, especially Insomnia in women and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in men. No difference in sleep duration before and during the pandemic was found, although there was a worsening of some aspects related to sleep, such as sleep quality, sleep efficiency, awakening quality, sleep latency and nocturnal awakenings, especially in the female gender. Educational level influenced sleep latency, indicating higher sleep latency among those with primary education when compared with the ones with Ph.D. Conclusion: The pandemic had influenced sleep patterns among the elderly, as well as worsening of pre-existent sleep disorders. Female gender and low educational level were considered risk factors for sleep alterations, and high educational level, on its turn, appeared to be a protective factor.
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