Is COVID-19 Keeping us Up at Night? Stress, Anxiety, and Sleep Among Adult Twins.

ABSTRACT: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a variety of social distancing measures to mitigate the virus outbreak have been implemented. These measures may have unintended consequences on individuals' well-being, such as increased stress, anxiety, and sleep disruptions. We investigated the extent to which individuals' mental health status is associated with perceived changes in sleep amount and sleep quality among a sample of adult twin pairs (N = 909 pairs; 77% MZ, 23% DZ), less than a month after the outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. About half of participants reported no change in sleep amount (50.1%) or sleep quality (55.6%). Approximately one-third of the participants had increased amount of sleep (29.8%), and 32.9% reported a decrease in sleep quali

SUBMITTER: Tsang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107288 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature