Changes in sleep patterns in people with a history of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a natural experiment

Autor: Ian B Hickie, Joanne S Carpenter, Jacob J Crouse, Enda M Byrne, Sarah E Medland, Lucia Colodro-Conde, Richard Parker, Naomi R Wray, Penelope Lind, Brittany L Mitchell, Mirim Shin, Emiliana Tonini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMJ Mental Health, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2755-9734
DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301067
Popis: Background The COVID-19 pandemic, while a major stressor, increased flexibility in sleep–wake schedules.Objectives To investigate the impact of the pandemic on sleep patterns in people with a history of depression and identify sociodemographic, clinical or genetic predictors of those impacts.Methods 6453 adults from the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (45±15 years; 75% women) completed surveys before (2016–2018) and during the pandemic (2020–2021). Participants were assigned to ‘short sleep’ (8 hours). We focused on those having prepandemic ‘optimal sleep’.Findings Pre pandemic, the majority (70%, n=4514) reported optimal sleep, decreasing to 49% (n=3189) during the pandemic. Of these, 57% maintained optimal sleep, while 16% (n=725) shifted to ‘short sleep’ and 27% (n=1225) to ‘long sleep’. In group comparisons ‘optimal-to-short sleep’ group had worse prepandemic mental health and increased insomnia (p’s
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