Delayed sleep-wake rhythm due to staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and sleep debt after returning to campus among Japanese nursing university students: A longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate sleep problems during staying at home due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and after returning to campus among university nursing students. We analyzed data from self-reported sleep surveys conducted during a nursing course at a university in Tokyo between 2019 and 2021. During staying at home due to COVID-19, we observed delayed sleep-wake rhythm, prolonged sleep duration on weekdays, a decreased sleep debt, improved daytime sleepiness, and worsened insomnia, especially in terms of difficulty initiating sleep (Study 1; 18 paired data). After returning to campus, we found advanced wake-up time, shortened sleep duration, increased sleep debt, worsened insomnia, and increased daytime sleepiness (Study 2; 91 paired data). The association betw

SUBMITTER: Kayaba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060798 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature