Open AccessChanges in adolescents’ sleep during COVID-19 outbreak reveal the inadequacy of early morning school schedules
Author(s) -
Jefferson Souza Santos,
Fernando Mazzilli Louzada
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
sleep science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1984-0659
pISSN - 1984-0063
DOI - 10.5935/1984-0063.20200127
Subject(s) - covid-19 , outbreak , morning , pandemic , nap , social isolation , sleep (system call) , habit , psychology , demography , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , developmental psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology , disease , pathology , virology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , operating system
The forced closure of schools during the COVID-19 outbreak imposed on adolescents a new reality of home-schooling. This new situation has affected adolescent sleep patterns due to the absence of the pressure to wake up earlier induced by school times during pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the changes in sleep and napping habits in Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak.