Disrupted Sleep During a Pandemic - 23/02/22

Doi : 10.1016/j.jsmc.2021.10.006

Niraj Kumar, MD, DM ^a, Ravi Gupta, MD, PhD ^b,^⁎
^a Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, India
^b Department of Psychiatry, Division of Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, India

^∗Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Division of Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, India.Department of Psychiatry and Division of Sleep MedicineAll India Institute of Medical SciencesRishikesh249203India

Résumé

The COVID-19 pandemic affected sleep in several people. Though most of the studies argued that age, gender, employment, finances, responsibilities, and exposure to sunlight governed sleep-wake schedule and sleep disturbances, there is also scientific evidence to suggest that these issues could have aroused because of the infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS) by SARS-CoV-2. Sleep disturbances must be addressed during the pandemic as sleep disturbances and systemic inflammation run in a vicious cycle; quality of sleep and timing of vaccination can influence the immune response to vaccination and subjects having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at higher risk for having SARS-CoV-2 infection-related complications.

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Keywords : Sleep, SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19, Insomnia, Poor quality sleep