Changes in sleep patterns in people with a history of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a natural experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic, while a major stressor, increased flexibility in sleep-wake schedules.

Objectives

To investigate the impact of the pandemic on sleep patterns in people with a history of depression and identify sociodemographic, clinical or genetic predictors of those impacts.

Methods

6453 adults from the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (45±15 years; 75% women) completed surveys before (2016-2018) and during the pandemic (2020-2021). Participants were assigned to 'short sleep' (<6 hours), 'optimal sleep' (6-8 hours) or 'long sleep' (>8 hours). We focused on those having prepandemic 'optimal sleep'.

Findings

Pre pandemic, the majority (70%, n=4514) reported optimal sleep, decreasing to 49% (n=3189) during the pandemic. Of these, 57% main

SUBMITTER: Shin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459332 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature