Sleep extension: an explanation for increased pandemic dream recall?
R. Bottary, G. Simonelli, T. Cunningham, Elizabeth A. Kensinger, J. Mantua
Sleep September 4, 2020 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa131 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns altered sleep patterns globally. Early evidence indicates that sleep duration and quality changed during the initial phases of the pandemic, likely due to shifts in socially and occupationally imposed demands. The authors note that these lifestyle and schedule changes prompted sleep researchers and clinicians to monitor sleep and sleep-related behaviors during this unprecedented period.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Psychology Medicine |
| Key finding | The authors contend that the pandemic and lockdowns influenced sleep duration and quality, prompting increased monitoring by sleep researchers and clinicians. |
Abstract
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dra-matically impacted the lifestyle of individuals across the globe. In many countries, nationally instituted shelter-in-place orders and closures of non-essential businesses have left many without employment and have forced others to work from home. These policy shifts have changed or removed the socially- and occupa-tionally imposed demands that typically influence sleep sched-ules. Lifestyle and schedule changes that have stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic have not gone unnoticed to those in the sleep research and sleep medicine communities. Several to track sleep and sleep-related behaviors during these unprecedented times. that sleep duration and quality during the early phases of the pandemic. of