Purpose: This study aimed to assess the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 related aspects on self-reported sleep quality, considering the moderator role of some psychological variables. Methods: during the first weeks of the lockdown in Italy, 2286 respondents (1706 females and 580 males; age range: 18-74 years) completed an online survey that collected sociodemographic information and data related to the experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. Some questionnaires assessed sleep quality, psychological well-being, general psychopathology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders symptoms, and anxiety. The path analysis was adopted. Results: The study confirms a direct effect of some aspects ascribable to the pandemic, with a mediator role of the psychological variables. Lower sleep quality was directly related to the days spent at home in confinement and the knowledge of people affected by the COVID-19. All the other aspects related to the COVID-19 pandemic influenced sleep quality through the mediator effect of psychological variables. Conclusion: This study highlighted that the psychological condition of the population has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the government actions taken to contain it, but it has also played an important role in mediating the quality of sleep, creating a vicious circle on people's health. The results suggest that a health emergency must be accompanied by adequate social support programs to mitigate the fear of infection and promote adequate resilience to accept confinement and social distancing. Such measures would moderate psychological distress and improve sleep quality.

The coronavirus pandemic: a possible model of the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on sleep quality in Italians / Casagrande, Maria; Forte, Giuseppe; Tambelli, Renata; Favieri, Francesca. - In: NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP. - ISSN 1179-1608. - 13(2021), pp. 191-199. [10.2147/NSS.S285854]

The coronavirus pandemic: a possible model of the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on sleep quality in Italians

Maria Casagrande
;
Giuseppe Forte;Renata Tambelli;Francesca Favieri
2021

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 related aspects on self-reported sleep quality, considering the moderator role of some psychological variables. Methods: during the first weeks of the lockdown in Italy, 2286 respondents (1706 females and 580 males; age range: 18-74 years) completed an online survey that collected sociodemographic information and data related to the experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. Some questionnaires assessed sleep quality, psychological well-being, general psychopathology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders symptoms, and anxiety. The path analysis was adopted. Results: The study confirms a direct effect of some aspects ascribable to the pandemic, with a mediator role of the psychological variables. Lower sleep quality was directly related to the days spent at home in confinement and the knowledge of people affected by the COVID-19. All the other aspects related to the COVID-19 pandemic influenced sleep quality through the mediator effect of psychological variables. Conclusion: This study highlighted that the psychological condition of the population has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the government actions taken to contain it, but it has also played an important role in mediating the quality of sleep, creating a vicious circle on people's health. The results suggest that a health emergency must be accompanied by adequate social support programs to mitigate the fear of infection and promote adequate resilience to accept confinement and social distancing. Such measures would moderate psychological distress and improve sleep quality.
2021
COVID-19; pandemic; sleep quality; psychological distress; home confinement; social isolation
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The coronavirus pandemic: a possible model of the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on sleep quality in Italians / Casagrande, Maria; Forte, Giuseppe; Tambelli, Renata; Favieri, Francesca. - In: NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP. - ISSN 1179-1608. - 13(2021), pp. 191-199. [10.2147/NSS.S285854]
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