Circadian disturbances, sleep difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic

MA Salehinejad, A Azarkolah, E Ghanavati, MA Nitsche - Sleep medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed extraordinary and unpredictable changes on our
lifestyle for an unknown duration. Consequently, core aspects of wellbeing including …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of sleep disturbances among older adults and the disparities by geographical regions and pandemic periods

M Du, M Liu, Y Wang, C Qin, J Liu - SSM-Population Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among
older adults. We aimed to evaluate sleep heath during COVID-19 pandemic and assess the …

Ecological model explaining the psychosocial adaptation to COVID-19

T Gaspar, T Paiva, MG Matos - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this study is to understand and characterize the adoption of an
ecological perspective and the physical, psychological, social, and contextual health factors …

Health risk behaviors before and during COVID‐19 and gender differences

C Branquinho, T Paiva, F Guedes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in routines and habits, fear of contamination from the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID‐19) virus, and economic crisis have resulted in significant impacts upon …

Sleep habits, quality of life and psychosocial aspects in the older age: before and during COVID-19

AT Gargiulo, LM Peterson, LA Grafe - Brain and Behavior, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic is a global health emergency resulting in widespread
death and substantial disruption to daily life. Previous research has shown that novel …

Morbidities worsening index to sleep in the older adults during COVID-19: Potential moderators

KM Almondes, EAS Castro, T Paiva - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Older adults were considered a vulnerable group for the COVID-19 infection and its
consequences, including problems with sleep. Aim To evaluate the prevalence of sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness and sources of knowledge about obstructive sleep apnea: a cross sectional survey study

ML Bartolucci, S Incerti Parenti, F Bortolotti, T Gorini… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a multifactorial sleep breathing disorder, seriously
impacting quality of life and involving approximately 1 billion of the world's population. It is …

Sleep quality between nurses and the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: What are the differences?

F Sampaio, S Gaspar, C Fonseca, MJ Lopes… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although several studies have described the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly
on sleep quality, there are few studies that, in the same time period and using the same …