COVID-19: How a pandemic negatively impacts our sleep
Social distancing, home office, quarantine: To slow down the spread of the coronavirus our daily lives changed significantly. A crisis like that can affect our health and also influence our sleeping patterns. A research team at IfADo in collaboration with Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran/Iran) analyzed how home quarantine due to the corona crisis affected sleeping patterns of healthy people in Tehran. The result: The time to fall asleep, sleep duration, and get-up in the morning were significantly delayed in all participants, indicating a significant circadian misalignment. Sleep quality was rated significantly poorer as well during home quarantine.
Original publication:
Negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sleep quantitative parameters, quality, and circadian alignment: Implications for health and psychological well-being. EXCLI Journal, 2020.
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