The enemy who sealed the world: effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population
The enemy who sealed the world: effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population
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DOI：
10.1016/j.sleep.2020.05.011
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Forte, Giuseppe
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作者：
Casagrande, Maria;Favieri, Francesca;Forte, Giuseppe
背景：2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行已成为全球突发卫生事件。旨在减少病毒传播的极端行动深刻地改变了意大利人民的生活方式。此外，对感染的恐惧已经产生了高度的焦虑。本研究旨在了解COVID-19爆发对睡眠质量、一般焦虑症状和心理困扰的心理影响。方法：通过在线调查收集有关COVID-19大流行的社会人口统计数据和其他信息。此外，还评估了与COVID-19相关的睡眠质量、睡眠障碍、广泛性焦虑症状、心理困扰和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状。结果：本研究共纳入2291名调查对象。结果显示，57.1%的参与者报告睡眠质量差，32.1%的参与者报告高度焦虑，41.8%的参与者报告高度痛苦，7.6%的参与者报告与COVID-19相关的创伤后应激障碍症状。青年和妇女、不确定是否可能感染COVID-19的人，以及更害怕与COVID-19感染者直接接触的人，出现睡眠障碍的风险更高，焦虑和痛苦程度也更高。最后，睡眠质量、广泛性焦虑和心理困扰与COVID-19相关的创伤后应激障碍症状之间存在显著关系。结论：我们的研究结果表明，正如之前在中国报道的那样，COVID-19大流行似乎是意大利人群中睡眠障碍和心理疾病的危险因素。这些结果应作为进一步研究的起点，旨在制定心理干预措施，以尽量减少COVID-19大流行的短期和长期后果。(c) 2020 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
Background: The 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global health emergency. The extreme actions aimed to reduce virus diffusion have profoundly changed the lifestyles of the Italian population. Moreover, fear of contracting the infection has generated high levels of anxiety. This study aimed to understand the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on sleep quality, general anxiety symptomatology, and psychological distress.Methods: An online survey collected information on socio-demographic data and additional information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, sleep quality, sleep disorders, generalized anxiety symptoms, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology related to COVID-19 were assessed.Results: This study included 2291 respondents. The results revealed that 57.1% of participants reported poor sleep quality, 32.1% high anxiety, 41.8% high distress, and 7.6% reported PTSD symptomatology linked to COVID-19. Youth and women, those uncertain regarding possible COVID-19 infection, and greater fear of direct contact with those infected by COVID-19 had an increased risk of developing sleep disturbances, as well as higher levels of anxiety and distress. Finally, a significant relationship between sleep quality, generalized anxiety, and psychological distress with PTSD symptoms related to COVID-19 was evidenced.Conclusions: Our findings indicate 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. These results should be used as a starting point for further studies aimed to develop psychological interventions to minimize the brief and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.