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. 2021 Apr:80:210-215.
doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.050. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Quality of sleep among social media users during the lockdown period due to COVID-19 in Spain

Alba Maestro-Gonzalez  1 , Marta Sánchez-Zaballos  2 , María Pilar Mosteiro-Díaz  3 , David Zuazua-Rico  1
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Quality of sleep among social media users during the lockdown period due to COVID-19 in Spain

Alba Maestro-Gonzalez et al. Sleep Med. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Aims: To analyse the quality of sleep of the Spanish population during the lockdown due to COVID-19.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study using a web based survey design.

Methods: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire and sociodemographic, occupational, health and sleep quality variables were used to collect data during the first month of the lockdown period due to COVID-19 (March-April 2020). A snowball sampling was carried out, where participants were asked to disseminate and distribute the questionnaire among their own profiles in social networks.

Results: A representative sample of 5220 participants aged ≥18 years old took part in the study. The global PSQI score was 8.17 points (SD 4.43). A statistical association was found between the global PSQI score and several of the variables collected. Findings show that the quality of sleep was worse among women (p < 0.001), single participants (p 0.02), those working in rotating shifts (p < 0.001), on-site workers (p < 0.001), and people diagnosed with COVID-19 or who had someone in their environment diagnosed with the virus (p < 0.001).

Conclusion: Findings show that the Spanish population has experienced poor quality of sleep during the lockdown period. Being a woman, working in rotating shifts, having suffered from COVID-19 or having someone close suffering from COVID-19, being unemployed or being affected by a Temporary Redundancy Scheme, as well as spending long hours in bed were associated with poorer sleep quality. On the contrary, being older and sleeping longer hours were associated with a better sleep quality.

Keywords: COVID-19; Quality of life; Sleep; Sleep Hygiene.

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No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.

The ICMJE Uniform Disclosure Form for Potential Conflicts of Interest associated with this article can be viewed by clicking on the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.050.

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