Insomnia symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: an examination of biopsychosocial moderators.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/background

Healthy sleep is vital for physical and psychological health, and poor sleep can result in a myriad of negative physical and psychological outcomes. Insomnia symptoms often manifest as a result of acute life stressors or changes, and COVID-19 experiences may be one such stressor. Other known predisposing factors to insomnia may moderate the impact of COVID-19 experiences on sleep. The present study aimed to determine current levels of insomnia severity in a US sample, to investigate the relation of COVID-19 experiences to insomnia symptoms, and to determine which individuals are most susceptible to this association.

Methods

Data were drawn from a larger online survey investigating sleep and health outcomes across the lifespan. COVID-19 experiences were a

SUBMITTER: Dzierzewski JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364920 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature