Not All Workers Experience Equal Sleep Changes: Insights from the "WorkInCovid" Project.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has changed work organization in favor of a working from home (WH) modality. We examined the association of WH during the pandemic with sleep health in workers of a public research organization. An online cross-sectional survey in 2022 at the National Research Council of Italy collected information on sociodemographics, work characteristics, and sleep pattern during WH compared with before WH. In the whole sample (n = 748), total sleep quality did not significantly change. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) decreased during WH. Total sleep quality increased during WH in poor sleepers, while it decreased in good sleepers. The morning chronotype was protective against sleep worsening in poor sleepers. Risk factors were depression in poor and good sleepers, and in

SUBMITTER: Garbarino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11941416 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature