Covid-19 health crisis and lockdown associated with high level of sleep complaints and hypnotic uptake at the population level.
J Sleep Res
; 30(1): e13119, 2021 02.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32596936
ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the habits of billions of people around the world. Lockdown at home is mandatory, forcing many families, each member with their own sleep-wake habits, to spend 24 hr a day together, continuously. Sleep is crucial for maintaining immune systems and contributes deeply to physical and psychological health. To assess sleep problems and use of sleeping pills, we conducted a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of the general population in France. The self-reported sleep complaint items, which covered the previous 8 days, have been used in the 2017 French Health Barometer Survey, a cross-sectional survey on various public health issues. After 2 weeks of confinement, 74% of the participants (1,005 subjects) reported trouble sleeping compared with a prevalence rate of 49% in the last general population survey. Women reported more sleeping problems than men, with greater frequency or severity 31% vs. 16%. Unusually, young people (aged 18-34 years) reported sleep problems slightly more frequently than elderly people (79% vs. 72% among those aged 35 or older), with 60% of the younger group reporting that these problems increased with confinement (vs. 51% of their elders). Finally, 16% of participants reported they had taken sleeping pills during the last 12 months, and 41% of them reported using these drugs since the lockdown started. These results suggest that the COVID crisis is associated with severe sleep disorders among the French population, especially young people.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos do Sono-Vigília
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Medicamentos Indutores do Sono
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Distanciamento Físico
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COVID-19
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Hipnóticos e Sedativos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Sleep Res
Assunto da revista:
PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França