Sleep quality and mental health in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Morocco
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Background The lockdown of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is associated with several stressful factors that can negatively affect peoples' sleep quality and mental health.Objectives We conducted this study to evaluate sleep disorders and psychological impact associated with the spread of the COVID-19 and the lockdown on the Moroccan population. We also aimed to study the effects of respondents' beliefs and attitudes about sleep on sleep disorders, anxiety-related symptoms, and depressive symptoms.Material and methods We used a questionnaire enclosing respondents' sociodemographic information, five psychological and behavioral tests including Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS-16), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test.Results Our results highlighted widespread false beliefs about sleep and the prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression-related symptoms within the Moroccan population. Nearly 82.3% of respondents revealed false beliefs about sleep. Furthermore, we confirmed a strong positive correlation between knowledge and attitudes about sleep and the prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression-related symptoms. However, we found no significant difference in the prevalence of sleep and psychological disorders, between healthcare workers and other professions workers.Conclusion Our study revealed a high prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in the Moroccan population during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Moreover, false beliefs on sleep understanding were prevalent and were presenting a risk factor leading to sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.
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Reduced sleep quantity and quality during the pandemic is related to poor mental health outcomes.
“Consequently, reduced sleep quantity and quality during the pandemic is related to poor mental health outcomes.(Ernstsen and Havnen, 2020; Janati Idrissi et al., 2020)”
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- Authors
- Janati Idrissi, A., Lamkaddem, A., Benouajjit, A., Ben El Bouaazzaoui, M., El Houari, F., Alami, M., Labyad, S., Chahidi, A., Benjelloun, M., Rabhi, S., Kissani, N., Zarhbouch, B., Ouazzani, R., Kadiri, F., Alouane, R., Elbiaze, M., Boujraf, S., El Fakir, S., & Souirti, Z.
- Affiliations
- Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (MA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan II (MA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI (MA)
- Qatar University (QA)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 74
- Pages
- 248-253
- ISSN
- 1389-9457 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7422815
- OpenAlex
- W3048755037
- Cited by
- 133
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 9
- FWCI
- 10.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- COVID-19 lockdown, sleep quality, sleep disorders, mental health, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, sleep attitudes, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, healthcare workers, Moroccan population
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Anxiety, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Morocco, Pneumonia, Viral, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep Wake Disorders, Social Isolation, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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