Effect of confinement during COVID-19 outbreak on sleep quality in Galicia

e202101001

Authors

  • Eva Diz-Ferreira Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña. España.
  • Pablo Díaz-Vidal Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña. España.
  • María Leonor Da Cunha Soares Nicolau Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña. España.
  • María Presentación Criado-Santos Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña. España.
  • Carlos Ayán Well-Move Research Group. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Deporte. Universidad de Vigo. Pontevedra. España.
  • José Carlos Diz Well-Move Research Group. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Deporte. Universidad de Vigo. Pontevedra. España.

Keywords:

Sleep, COVID-19, Confinement, Insomnia, Pandemic, Mental health

Abstract

Background: Stressful situations may have a negative effect on population’s mental health, including impaired sleep quality. Thus, we analysed the effect on sleep during the confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak, in a Galicia population sample, measuring subjective sleep satisfaction, and insomnia intensity and incidence.
Methods: Through an adapted questionnaire from the Cuestionario Oviedo de Sueño, distributed telematically and printed, using a convenience sampling in Galicia, we compared sleep situation, before and during the first two weeks of confinement for COVID-19. We compared the results of the questionnaire before and during confinement with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and McNemar’s test.
Results: In 451 analysed subjects, there was about half point decrease in sleep satisfaction (in a 1 to 7 scale), three points increase in insomnia score (9 to 45 scale) and an increase from 23.1 to 36.3% in the insomnia incidence (p<0.001 for all the comparisons). There existed less affectation in the insomnia incidence in elderly above 65 years (from 21.7 to 26.1%, p=1) and in subjects that telecommuted (unchanged 28.1% incidence, p=1). In a post-hoc analysis of a health workers subgroup, sleep affectation was similar to that of others workers.
Conclusions: Confinement situation in COVID-19 outbreak context in our environment has caused important alterations in the population’s sleep quality, increasing the symptoms and incidence of insomnia.

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Published

2021-01-11

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Diz-Ferreira E, Díaz-Vidal P, Da Cunha Soares Nicolau ML, Criado-Santos MP, Ayán C, Diz JC. Effect of confinement during COVID-19 outbreak on sleep quality in Galicia: e202101001. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2021 Jan. 11 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];95:10 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/638

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