Sleeping behaviors are determined by lockdown and not work-from-home arrangements.

ABSTRACT: Lockdowns and work-from-home arrangements became abrupt realities for people at an unprecedented scale during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, considering the case of Singapore, we study how peoples' sleep behaviors-which are closely linked to their mental health-varied as a result. However, different from most studies, this paper uses household electricity consumption data to estimate the sleeping behaviors of nearly 10,000 households in the city-state. With this, we study how the residents' daily sleep durations changed dynamically during the lockdown and afterwards when restrictions were progressively eased, and show their strong connection to major changes in the public health policy and current events during this period. Our results add to the evidence for the stress endured by the popula

SUBMITTER: Raman G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379852 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature