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How COVID-19 Affected Sleep Talking Episodes, Sleep and Dreams?

Milena Camaioni, Serena Scarpelli, Valentina Alfonsi, Maurizio Gorgoni, Rossana Calzolari, Mina De Bartolo, Anastasia Mangiaruga, Alessandro Couyoumdjian, Luigi De Gennaro

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Milena CamaioniDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6556-2539
Serena ScarpelliDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9260-7111
Valentina AlfonsiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9929-0399
Maurizio GorgoniDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5544-5483
Rossana CalzolariDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Mina De BartoloDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3571-9229
Anastasia MangiarugaDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9057-2883
Alessandro CouyoumdjianDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4973-4091
Luigi De GennaroDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3613-6631

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Sapienza University of Rome AR120172941614FC
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backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic increased symptoms of stress and anxiety and induced changes in sleep quality, dream activity, and parasomnia episodes. It has been shown that stressful factors and/or bad sleep habits can affect parasomnia behaviors. However, investigations on how COVID-19 has affected sleep, dreams, and episode frequency in parasomnias are rare. The current study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on a specific parasomnia characterized by speech production (sleep talking, ST).

methodsWe selected 27 participants with frequent ST episodes (STs) during the pandemic and compared them with 27 participants with frequent STs from a previous study conducted during a pre-pandemic period. All participants performed home monitoring through sleep logs and recorded their nocturnal STs for one week.

resultsWe observed a higher frequency of STs in the pandemic group. Moreover, STs were related to the emotional intensity of dreams, independent of the pandemic condition. The pandemic was associated with lower bizarreness of dreams in the pandemic group. There were no differences in sleep variables between the two groups.

conclusionOverall, these results suggest a stressful effect of COVID-19 on the frequency of STs. Both the pandemic and the frequency of STs affect qualitative characteristics of dreams in this population.

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dreamingparasomniasleep talking

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PMCPMC11119596

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