Sleep in times of crises: A scoping review in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis.

ABSTRACT: During the early days of the pandemic and in the context of a seemingly unknown global threat, several potential major sleep disruptors were identified by sleep researchers and practitioners across the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic combined several features that, individually, had been shown to negatively affect sleep health in the general population. Those features included state of crisis, restrictions on in-person social interactions, as well as financial adversity. To address the lack of a comprehensive summary of sleep research across these three distinctive domains, we undertook three parallel systematic reviews based on the following themes: 1) Sleep in times of crises; 2) Sleep and social isolation; and 3) Sleep and economic uncertainty. Using a scoping review framework, we systemat

SUBMITTER: Simonelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461524 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature