After the appearance of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) during 2019, the virus has spread with alarming speed and a pandemic quickly developed. The complex consequences of the pandemic phenomenon, i.e., the consequences of the pandemic per se and the countermeasures adopted to control infections and deaths, were associated with a negative impact on sleep quality [1] and, in general, mental health [2]. With a global prevalence of sleep disturbances of approximately 30–40%, as suggested by meta-analytical studies [3,4], a stable association with psychological distress has been repeatedly reported [5].
The Effect of COVID-19 on Sleep Quality and Mental Health: Adolescents Are More at Risk Than the Elderly / De Gennaro, Luigi; Scarpelli, Serena; Gorgoni, Maurizio. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - 12:11(2022), p. 1543. [10.3390/brainsci12111543]
The Effect of COVID-19 on Sleep Quality and Mental Health: Adolescents Are More at Risk Than the Elderly
De Gennaro, Luigi;Scarpelli, Serena;Gorgoni, Maurizio
2022
Abstract
After the appearance of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) during 2019, the virus has spread with alarming speed and a pandemic quickly developed. The complex consequences of the pandemic phenomenon, i.e., the consequences of the pandemic per se and the countermeasures adopted to control infections and deaths, were associated with a negative impact on sleep quality [1] and, in general, mental health [2]. With a global prevalence of sleep disturbances of approximately 30–40%, as suggested by meta-analytical studies [3,4], a stable association with psychological distress has been repeatedly reported [5].I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
