Showing papers in "Sleep Medicine in 2020"

TL;DR: It is indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be a risk factor for sleep disorders and psychological diseases in the Italian population, as previously reported in China.

TL;DR: This meta-analysis provides strong support for the effectiveness of dCBT-I in treating insomnia, and has potential to revolutionise the delivery of CBT-I, improving the accessibility and availability of CBt-I content for insomnia patients worldwide.

TL;DR: Results of this study revealed a high prevalence of sleep problems among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 epidemic, especially senior high school and college students, which were negatively associated with students’ projections of trends in CO VID-19.

TL;DR: FMW have higher prevalence of sleep disturbances and worse sleep quality than non-FMW, and further interventions should be administrated for FMW, aiming to maintain their healthy condition and guarantee their professional performance in the battle against COVID-19.

TL;DR: Interestingly, a quarter of people with pre-pandemic (clinical) insomnia experienced a meaningful improvement in sleep quality, whereas 20% of pre- pandemic good sleepers experienced worse sleep during the lockdown measures, suggesting that there is no uniform effect of the lockdown on sleep quality.

TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic has detrimentally impacted some individuals' sleep health while paradoxically benefited other individuals’ sleep health by reducing rigid work/school schedules such as early morning commitments.

TL;DR: Interestingly, SDB patients with good compliance to positive airway pressure therapy were less likely to report sleep difficulties and older age was a protective factor for difficulties falling asleep, waking up too early and non-restorative sleep.

TL;DR: A high prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in the Moroccan population during the COVID-19 lockdown period was revealed and false beliefs on sleep understanding were prevalent and were presenting a risk factor leading to sleep disorders.

TL;DR: There is a significant overlap in depressive, anxious and OSA symptoms and further studies are needed to analyze the connection between OSA and affective disorders, anxiety disorders and its effect on cognitive functions more thoroughly, especially in the context of CPAP treatment.

TL;DR: Digital CBTI improves sleep quality and sleep duration during pregnancy and after childbirth, and should be tailored to meet the changing needs of women as the progress through pregnancy and early parenting.

TL;DR: The COVID-19-fear decreased within six weeks to the level before the shutdown, indicating a habituation to the threatening situation, however, generalized anxiety remained elevated over time.

TL;DR: Sleep disturbances are common in Chinese healthcare professionals, and their prevalence is much higher than the general population, needed to identify effective strategies for preventing and treating sleep disturbances among healthcare professionals.

TL;DR: The “natural experiment” caused by the shutdown of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 2-hour shift in the sleep of typically developing adolescents, longer sleep duration, improved sleep quality, and less daytime sleepiness compared to those experienced under the regular school-time schedule.

TL;DR: Spending too much time on electronic devices is associated with multiple dimensions of impaired sleep, especially if this time on devices is used for social media or surfing the internet.

TL;DR: A high proportion of people in Hong Kong felt that their sleep had worsened since the COVID-19 outbreak, and insufficient stock of masks was one of the risk factors that were associated with sleep disturbances.

TL;DR: Insomnia is associated with suicide attempt among veterans and the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders should be considered in context of strategies to augment suicide prevention efforts.

TL;DR: It was observed that, during the outbreak of COVID-19, healthcare workers on the front line developed more sleep disturbances than non-healthcare professionals, and they had worse quality of sleep.

TL;DR: Synchronised Somnofy showed a high accuracy staging sleep in healthy individuals and has potential to assess sleep quality and quantity in a sample of healthy, mostly young adults.

TL;DR: Melatonin was an effective and tolerable drug in the short-term treatment of sleep onset insomnia in children and adolescents and more studies are needed to investigate the efficacy and safety of melatonin.

TL;DR: Depression and suicidal ideation are most prevalent in pregnant women with both insomnia and high rumination, and both are associated with depression and suicidal Ideation.

TL;DR: It is found that sleep quality is highly variable particularly during the first two years of life, but this variability decreased markedly towards the second year, and sleep latency decreased by the age of six months, while night-time sleep began to consolidate during the secondyear.

TL;DR: Novel approaches like the application of telemedicine may play an important role in the management of patients with SDB during the COVID-19 pandemic, where sleep medicine practices are entering a new era and need to adapt rapidly in these circumstances.

TL;DR: Logistic regression showed that being in contact with COVID-19 patients, age, gender and the consumption of sleep medication during the mandatory social isolation were relevant predictors for insomnia, anxiety, and depression.

TL;DR: Medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of EDS in narcolepsy include traditional stimulants, wake-promoting agents, and solriamfetol, which mainly act on dopaminergic and noradrenergic pathways.

TL;DR: It is provided further evidence that insomnia and eveningness uniquely contributed to poor daytime functioning and mood related outcomes, while the co-existence of these two conditions could confer a greater risk in adolescents.

TL;DR: Among nine-year cancer survivors, multiple domains of cancer-related health problems were associated with sleep difficulties, and all four domains were significantly associated with poor sleep quality and high sleep disturbance.

TL;DR: Female gender, younger age, and higher fatigue and anxiety severity were more likely to experience insomnia disorder, and follow-up assessments and appropriate psychological interventions for insomnia disorder are needed in this population.

TL;DR: The reviewed findings show large developmental modifications in several sleep EEG hallmarks (slow wave activity, sleep spindles, theta activity, and cyclic alternating pattern) during TD, and many studies support the notion of an active role of sleep slow wave activity in supporting brain maturation.