Outdoor daylight exposure and longer sleep promote wellbeing under COVID-19 mandated restrictions.

ABSTRACT: Light is an important regulator of daily human physiology in providing time-of-day information for the circadian clock to stay synchronised with the 24-hr day. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to social restrictions in many countries to prevent virus spreading, restrictions that dramatically altered daily routines and limited outdoor daylight exposure. We previously reported that sleep duration increased, social jetlag decreased, and mid-sleep times delayed during social restrictions (Global Chrono Corona Survey, N = 7,517). In the present study, we investigated in the same dataset changes in wellbeing and their link to outdoor daylight exposure, and sleep-wake behaviour. In social restrictions, median values of sleep quality, quality of life, physical activity and prod

SUBMITTER: Korman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature