Poor sleep quality, insomnia, and short sleep duration before infection predict long-term symptoms after COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Millions of COVID-19 survivors experience a wide range of long-term symptoms after acute infection, giving rise to serious public health concerns. To date, few risk factors for post-COVID-19 conditions have been determined. This study evaluated the role of pre-infection sleep quality/duration and insomnia severity in the incidence of long-term symptoms after COVID-19.

Material and methods

This prospective study involved two assessments (April 2020 and 2022). At the baseline (April 2020), sleep quality/duration and insomnia symptoms in participants without current/prior SARS-CoV-2 infection were measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). At the follow-up (April 2022), we asked a group of COVID-19 survivors to ret

SUBMITTER: Salfi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature