Sleep quality and patterns of young West Balkan adults during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the sleep patterns among young West Balkan adults during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design and setting

Cross-sectional study conducted using an anonymous online questionnaire based on established sleep questionnaires Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (February-August 2021).

Participants

Young adults of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.

Results

Of 1058 subjects, mean age was 28.19±9.29 years; majority were women (81.4%) and students (61.9%). Compared with before the pandemic, 528 subjects (49.9%) reported a change in sleeping patterns during the pandemic, with 47.3% subjects reporting sleeping less. Mean sleeping duration during the COVID-19 pandemic was 7.71±2.14 hours with med

SUBMITTER: Sljivo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9174533 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature