Sufficient sleep attenuates COVID-19 pandemic-related executive dysfunction in late adolescents and young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the interaction between (1) sleep and the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) social cumulative risk and COVID-19 pandemic on executive function (EF).

Methods

Forty late adolescents/young adults (19.25 ± 1.12 y.o.) completed sleep questionnaires and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function- Adults (BRIEF-A) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, yielding 80 observations for data analysis. Multilevel random-effects models with interaction terms were used to estimate the associations.

Results

Compared to pre-pandemic sleep, participants slept 24 min longer (t = -2.07, p = 0.03) and also had increased sleep latency (t = -1.83, p = 0.07) during COVID-19. Mid-sleep times shifted 40 min later (t = -3.22, p = 0.003), and BRIEF-A scores increased (i

SUBMITTER: Ji X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240446 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature