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Insomnia symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: an examination of biopsychosocial moderators

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Objective/background: Healthy sleep is vital for physical and psychological health, and poor sleep can result in a myriad of negative physical and psychological outcomes. Insomnia symptoms often manifest as a result of acute life stressors or changes, and COVID-19 experiences may be one such stressor. Other known predisposing factors to insomnia may moderate the impact of COVID-19 experiences on sleep. The present study aimed to determine current levels of insomnia severity in a US sample, to investigate the relation of COVID-19 experiences to insomnia symptoms, and to determine which individuals are most susceptible to this association. Methods: Data were drawn from a larger online survey investigating sleep and health outcomes across the lifespan. COVID-19 experiences were assessed with the exposure and impact subscales of the CAIR Pandemic Impact Questionnaire (C-PIQ). The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) measured insomnia symptoms. Biological, psychological, and social moderators were measured using other brief self-report measures. Results: Insomnia symptoms prevalence was as follows: moderate-to-severe symptoms (25.5%), subthreshold symptoms (37.7%), and no symptoms (36.7%). Individuals' COVID-19 experiences significantly predicted insomnia symptom severity [F(1,997) = 472.92, p < 0.001, R-2 = 0.32]. This association was moderated by race, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, physical somatization, and social loneliness, but not age, gender, or education. Conclusions: Although negative experiences with COVID-19 are associated with worse insomnia symptoms, this relationship is not the same for everyone. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

SleepInsomnia symptomsCOVID-19PandemicModeratorsSLEEP DURATIONEPIDEMIOLOGYMETAANALYSISDEPRESSIONDISORDERSSEVERITYVALIDITYTESTS

Dzierzewski, Joseph M.、Dautovich, Natalie D.、Ravyts, Scott G.、Perez, Elliottnell、Soto, Pablo、Donovan, Emily K.

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Dept Psychol,Virginia Commonwealth Univ

2022

Sleep medicine

Sleep medicine

SCI
ISSN:1389-9457
年,卷(期):2022.91
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