Day-to-day associations between nightly sleep and next-day well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sleep may be especially important for maintaining health and well-being in daily life amid the stress of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This preregistered study examined the associations of sleep quality, duration, and efficiency with next-day physical symptoms, affect, and stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, in addition to evaluating individual differences in COVID-19 threat as a moderator.

Method

From mid-March to early August 2020, 1025 adults from Canada and the United States aged 18-91 reported COVID-19 threat at baseline and subsequently completed twice-daily diaries for one week about their sleep, negative affect, stressors, and physical symptoms.

Results

Within-persons, nights with better-than-usual sleep quali

SUBMITTER: Wen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8554789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature