Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children
| Autor: | Merve Sibel Güngören, E. Gurkas, Gülsüm İclal Bayhan, Özlem Yayici Köken, Pembe Gultutan, Ayşegül Neşe Çıtak Kurt, Hamit Ozyurek, Deniz Yilmaz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Reference range Disease Article Melatonin Cohort Studies children Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Child Sleep disorder business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Melatonin sleep COVID-19 General Medicine medicine.disease Sleep in non-human animals Upper respiratory tract infection pediatric Cross-Sectional Studies Cohort Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1303-6165 1300-0144 |
| Popis: | Background/aim This study aimed to analyze the serum melatonin levels and changes in sleep patterns in pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Materials and methods This study was designed as a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters of children with the diagnosis of COVID-19 who had mild and moderate disease (i.e., COVID-19 group) were compared with those of children admitted with non-COVID-19 nonspecific upper respiratory tract infection (i.e., control group). The sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC) questionnaire was applied to the participants› primary caregivers to analyze their sleep patterns at present and six months before symptom onset and to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on sleep patterns. Results The entire study cohort consisted of 106 patients. The COVID-19 group included 80 patients, while the control group consisted of 26 patients. The mean serum melatonin levels were 136.72 pg/mL and 172.63 pg/mL in the COVID-19 and control groups, respectively (p = 0.16). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of 6 subcategories of the SDSC questionnaire regarding the present time and 6 months before symptom onset. The total SDSC scores were also similar in two different evaluation time points described above (p = 0.99). Conclusions We conclude that COVID-19 did not impact the sleep parameters of children. Serum melatonin levels of all patients were higher than the reference range; however, they were higher in the non-COVID-19 patient group than the COVID-19 group. Since serum melatonin levels were higher than the reference values in children with COVID-19, and this disease is significantly less morbid in children, melatonin may have protective effects against COVID-19. |
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