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Adolescents' sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brigitte Bezerra Lima da Silva1, Maria Carolina Ferreira de Melo1, Luciana Moraes Studart-Pereira1
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia - Recife - PE - Brazil.
Objective:
To assess the sleep quality of Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with data from a questionnaire on individual characteristics and health, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). 153 adolescents participated - 61.4% females, 38.6% males, aged 13 to 18 years, enrolled at school.
Results:
58.2% worsened their sleep quality during the pandemic. In the PSQI, 22 (14.4%) had a good, 104 (68%), a poor sleep quality, 27 (17.6%), suggestive of sleep disorders. Excessive daytime sleepiness occurred in 44.4% of the students. Significant associations appeared between sleep and decreased school motivation (p = 0.005), and between sleep and sex (p = 0.015). The pandemic affected more the females - 25.5% reported worse sleep quality, 67% had PSQI scores suggestive of sleep disorders; 46 (30.1%) students reported stress, anxiety, sadness -76.1% were girls.
Discussion:
Adolescents had impaired sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, reinforcing their sleep must be assessed in critical periods.
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