Sleep characteristics among black cisgender sexual minority men and black transgender women during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of multi-level COVID-19-related stressors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the association between individual, network, and structural COVID-19-related stressors and changes in sleep duration and quality among Black cisgender sexual minority men (SMM) and Black transgender women during the COVID-19 peak infectivity rate in Chicago.

Methods

From April 20, 2020 to July 31, 2020, we conducted the N2 COVID Study in Chicago (n = 226). The survey included questions regarding multi-level COVID-19-related stressors (eg, food unavailability, partner violence, housing instability, concern about neighborhood COVID-19), sleep duration, and sleep quality.

Results

About 19.5% of our sample reported a shorter duration of sleep during the initial peak COVID-19 infectivity, while 41.2% reported more sleep and 38.9% reported about the

SUBMITTER: Duncan DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature