Gender-specific estimates of sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) changed lifestyles worldwide and subsequently induced individuals' sleep problems. Sleep problems have been demonstrated by scattered evidence among the current literature on COVID-19; however, little is known regarding the synthesised prevalence of sleep problems (i.e. insomnia symptoms and poor sleep quality) for males and females separately. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to answer the important question regarding prevalence of sleep problems during the COVID-19 outbreak period between genders. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale checklist, relevant studies with satisfactory methodological quality searched for in five academic

SUBMITTER: Alimoradi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8420603 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature