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  1. Article ; Online: Poor Sleep Quality and Its Relationship with Individual Characteristics, Personal Experiences and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Varma, Prerna / Burge, Malisa / Meaklim, Hailey / Junge, Moira / Jackson, Melinda L

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2021  Volume 18, Issue 11

    Abstract: ... sleep, individual characteristics, personal experiences and mental health during the pandemic require ... to describe personal experiences, and mental health, based on sleep quality during the early stages ... While the COVID-19 has dramatically altered our lifestyle and sleep practices, the links between ...

    Abstract While the COVID-19 has dramatically altered our lifestyle and sleep practices, the links between sleep, individual characteristics, personal experiences and mental health during the pandemic require further examination. This cross-sectional, multi-methods study examined differences in language used to describe personal experiences, and mental health, based on sleep quality during the early stages of the pandemic.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anxiety/epidemiology ; COVID-19 ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Depression/epidemiology ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Sleep
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1660-4601
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph18116030
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  2. Article ; Online: Poor Sleep Quality and Its Relationship with Individual Characteristics, Personal Experiences and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Prerna Varma / Malisa Burge / Hailey Meaklim / Moira Junge / Melinda L. Jackson

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6030, p

    2021  Volume 6030

    Abstract: ... sleep, individual characteristics, personal experiences and mental health during the pandemic require ... to describe personal experiences, and mental health, based on sleep quality during the early stages ... Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and mental health was examined using ...

    Abstract While the COVID-19 has dramatically altered our lifestyle and sleep practices, the links between sleep, individual characteristics, personal experiences and mental health during the pandemic require further examination. This cross-sectional, multi-methods study examined differences in language used to describe personal experiences, and mental health, based on sleep quality during the early stages of the pandemic. N = 1745 participants (mean age 42.97 ± 14.46 years) from 63 countries responded to the survey. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and mental health was examined using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale and the UCLA-Loneliness Scale. Quantitative analysis of qualitative, language content of personal experiences was conducted using free-text responses and comments to a question on the survey. Almost 50% of the participants reported poor sleep quality, which was linked to a more negative emotional tone and greater mentions of money or finance related words. Good sleepers reported more positive emotional tone in their experiences. Greater reports of clinical state anxiety, moderate depression and moderate stress were observed in poor sleepers, even after accounting for demographics and pandemic-related factors such as loneliness, financial concerns and risk of contracting COVID-19 disease. Results from this study highlight an urgent need for sleep-related public health interventions. Practitioner education, sleep screening for those with mental health conditions, and encouraging people to adopt digital tools may help to reduce the burden of poor sleep on mental health. While the pandemic itself is a stressful and uncertain time, improving sleep can support positive emotion regulation, improving mood and consequential action.
    Keywords sleep disturbances ; stress ; depression ; anxiety ; isolation ; LIWC ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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