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Changes in sleep pattern and sleep quality during COVID-19 lockdown

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Krishnan, Vijay, Gupta, Ravi, Grover, Sandeep, Basu, Aniruddha, Tripathi, Adarsh, Subramanyam, Alka, Nischal, Anil, Hussain, Arshad, Mehra, Aseem, Ambekar, Atul, Saha, Gautam, Mishra, KshirodKumar, Bathla, Manish, Jagiwala, Mukesh, Manjunatha, Narayana, Nebhinani, Naresh, Gaur, Navendu, Kumar, Niraj, Dalal, PronobKumar, Kumar, Pankaj, Midha, PuravKumar, Daga, Ritu, Tikka, SaiKrishna, Praharaj, SamirKumar, Goyal, SandeepKumar, Kanchan, Shweta, Sarkar, Siddharth, Das, Sourav, Sarkhel, Sujit, Padhy, SusantaKumar, Sahoo, Swapnajeet, Satyanarayana Rao, TS, Dubey, Vaibhav, Menon, Vikas, Chhabra, Vishal, Lahan, Vivekanand, Avasthi, Ajit·2020·Indian Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_523_20PMC PMC7597722
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INTRODUCTION: To mitigate the spread of the pandemic coronavirus infection (COVID-19), governments across the world have adopted "lockdowns" which have confined many individuals to their homes. This disrupts normal life routines, elements of which are important circadian cues. The pandemic is also associated with new stressors, altered roles, and uncertainties about health and economic security, which are also likely to affect sleep. The current study is an online survey of sleep experience, routines, physical activity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression, to study the alterations associated with the lockdown. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey was conducted in early May 2020 using a questionnaire circulated through social media platforms. Questions related to demographic characteristics, current and previous sleep schedules, routine, and working patterns. Insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index - 4), Stress (Perceived Stress Scale - 4), anxiety and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire - 4) and physical activity (International Physical Activities Questionnaire) were assessed using standardized instruments. RESULTS: A total of 958 valid responses were received. Compared to the prelockdown period, there was a shift to a later bedtime and waking time, with a reduction in night-time sleep and an increase in day-time napping. These effects were visible across occupational groups, but mostly affected working individuals except health professionals. Sleep quality deteriorated across groups. Reductions in sleep duration were associated with depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 lockdown is associated with changes in sleep schedule and in the quantity and quality of night-time sleep. Although these changes are associated with elevated rates of emotional symptoms, it is unclear from these cross-sectional results, whether sleep deterioration produces psychological distress, or vice versa.

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Krishnan, V., Gupta, R., Grover, S., Basu, A., Tripathi, A., Subramanyam, A., Nischal, A., Hussain, A., Mehra, A., Ambekar, A., Saha, G., Mishra, K., Bathla, M., Jagiwala, M., Manjunatha, N., Nebhinani, N., Gaur, N., Kumar, N., Dalal, P., Kumar, P., Midha, P., Daga, R., Tikka, S., Praharaj, S., Goyal, S., Kanchan, S., Sarkar, S., Das, S., Sarkhel, S., Padhy, S., Sahoo, S., Satyanarayana Rao, T., Dubey, V., Menon, V., Chhabra, V., Lahan, V., & Avasthi, A.
Affiliations
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh (IN)
  • King George's Medical University (IN)
  • Government Medical College (IN)
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
  • National Neurosciences Centre (IN)
  • Satguru Partap Singh Hospital (IN)
  • Fortis Hospital (IN)
Corresponding author
Krishnan, Vijay
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Venue
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2020
Volume
62
Issue
4
Pages
370
ISSN
0019-5545 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_523_20
PMC
PMC7597722
OpenAlex
W3045700366
Cited by
357
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 83 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 90 · 2020: 14
FWCI
68.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • Indian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
COVID-19 lockdown, sleep patterns, sleep quality, insomnia, daytime napping, sleep duration, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, physical activity, occupational groups, healthcare workers

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