在COVID-19期间重新评估睡眠质量以及与隔离,心理健康,压力和年轻成年人屏幕时间的关联:跨部门在线调查的结果
Michelle Teresa Wiciak1, Omar Shazley1, Daphne Santhosh1
1Saint James School of Medicine, St Vincent and the Grenadines, 1181 Sandy Beach Drive, Arnos Vale 31201, British West Indies.
American journal of lifestyle medicine
|May 13, 2024
概括
COVID-19显著影响了年轻人的睡眠质量,特别是当与高压力和心理健康不佳相结合时. 屏幕时间与睡眠问题没有直接联系,但干预措施应针对风险群体.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行带来了前所未有的全球挑战,严重影响了心理健康和日常生活.
- 睡眠质量是整体健康的关键组成部分,在高压力和不确定性时期经常受到干扰.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间评估年轻人的睡眠质量.
- 研究年轻成年人睡眠质量,心理健康,压力水平和屏幕时间 (ST) 之间的关联.
- 在疫情期间确定影响睡眠质量的人口因素.
主要方法:
- 在2020年9月至2021年1月期间进行了一项国际横截面研究.
- 为了评估睡眠质量,使用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数 (PSQI),屏幕时间,心理健康状况和压力水平进行了调查.
- 使用统计分析,包括相关性和ANOVA来检查变量之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 较低的睡眠质量,以较高的全球PSQI得分为依据,与对COVID-19的恐惧,焦虑,压力和抑郁症的增加显著相关.
- 虽然隔离与更高的PSQI得分有关,但该研究没有发现直接证据表明隔离本身会导致睡眠质量低下.
- 在性别和不同种族之间观察到睡眠质量的显著差异,女性和少数民族可能更容易受到伤害.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间睡眠质量不佳与年轻成年人的不良心理健康结果密切相关.
- 屏幕时间并未成为影响这一群体睡眠质量的重要因素.
- 有针对性的干预措施是必要的,以改善睡眠质量,特别是对于弱势群体,如女性和少数民族.
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