Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy
By N. Cellini, Natale Canale, G. Mioni, Sebastiano Costa. Journal of Sleep Research, 2020
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Italy is one of the major COVID‐19 hotspots. To reduce the spread of the infections and the pressure on Italian healthcare systems, since March 10, 2020, Italy has been under a total lockdown, forcing people into home confinement. Here we present data from 1,310 people living in the Italian territory (Mage = 23.91 ± 3.60 years, 880 females, 501 workers, 809 university students), who completed an online survey from March 24 to March 28, 2020. In the survey, we asked participants to think about their use of digital media before going to bed, their sleep pattern and their subjective experience of time in the previous week (March 17–23, which was the second week of the lockdown) and up to the first week of February (February 3–10, before any restriction in any Italian area). During the lockdown, people increased the usage of digital media near bedtime, but this change did not affect sleep habits. Nevertheless, during home confinement, sleep timing markedly changed, with people going to bed and waking up later, and spending more time in bed, but, paradoxically, also reporting a lower sleep quality. The increase in sleep difficulties was stronger for people with a higher level of depression, anxiety and stress symptomatology, and associated with the feeling of elongation of time. Considering that the lockdown is likely to continue for weeks, research data are urgently needed to support decision making, to build public awareness and to provide timely and supportive psychosocial interventions.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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- Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, positive): “Cellini et al 22 reported in a sample of 1310 Italians that sleep problems were greater among people with a higher level of depression, anxiety, and symptoms of stress.”
- University Student Mental Well-Being during COVID-19 Outbreak: What Are the Relationships between Information Seeking, Perceived Risk and Personal Resources Related to the Academic Context? (2020, background): “The study aims to answer several questions: how will university students face their study path in this delicate moment of a global health emergency? How will their perception of risk affect individual and academic well‐being? What factors can promote their well‐being? What is the role of”
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress during COVID-19: Associations with Changes in Physical Activity, Sleep, Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Australian Adults (2020, background): “Poorer sleep quality has been associated with higher levels of depression, stress, and anxiety [17].”
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG) (2021, neutral): “Excessive use of digital media and video games during the lockdown and home confinement decreased sleep quality (Cellini et al., 2020).”