Open AccessChanges in sleep pattern and sleep quality during COVID-19 lockdown
Author(s) -
Vijay Krishnan,
Ravi Gupta,
Sandeep Grover,
Aniruddha Basu,
Adarsh Tripathi,
Alka A Subramanyam,
Anil Nischal,
Arshad Hussain,
Aseem Mehra,
Atul Ambekar,
Gautam Saha,
Kriti Mishra,
Shalu Bathla,
Mukesh Jagiwala,
Narayana Manjunatha,
Naresh Nebhinani,
Navendu Gaur,
Niraj Kumar,
PronobKumar Dalal,
Pankaj Kumar,
PuravKumar Midha,
Ritu Daga,
Sai Krishna Tikka,
SamirKumar Praharaj,
SandeepKumar Goyal,
Shweta Kanchan,
Siddharth Sarkar,
Sourav Kumar Das,
Sujit Sarkhel,
Susanta Kumar Padhy,
Swapnajeet Sahoo,
T.S. Sathyanarayana Rao,
Vaibhav Dubey,
Vikas Me,
Varun Chhabra,
Vivekanand Lahan,
Ajit Avasthi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_523_20
Subject(s) - insomnia , anxiety , stressor , bedtime , affect (linguistics) , sleep (system call) , mental health , psychology , pittsburgh sleep quality index , medicine , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , pandemic , covid-19 , psychiatry , disease , sleep quality , macroeconomics , communication , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , operating system
To mitigate the spread of the pandemic coronavirus infection (COVID-19), governments across the world have adopted "lockdowns" which have confined many individuals to their homes. This disrupts normal life routines, elements of which are important circadian cues. The pandemic is also associated with new stressors, altered roles, and uncertainties about health and economic security, which are also likely to affect sleep. The current study is an online survey of sleep experience, routines, physical activity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression, to study the alterations associated with the lockdown.