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Day-to-day associations between nightly sleep and next-day well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
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Sleep health [Sleep Health] 2021 Dec; Vol. 7 (6), pp. 666-674. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 29. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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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.<br />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.<br />Results: Within-persons, nights with better-than-usual sleep quality predicted lower next-day negative affect, physical symptoms, and stressor occurrence. Better-than-usual sleep efficiency and longer-than-usual sleep duration also predicted lower next-day physical symptoms. COVID-19 threat ratings moderated several of these associations, such that individuals with higher COVID-19 threat showed weaker within-person associations of sleep duration and efficiency with next-day well-being, compared to individuals with lower-to-moderate levels of COVID-19 threat. For the reversed direction of association, stressor occurrence predicted shorter-than-usual sleep that night, but no other links between daily well-being and subsequent sleep were observed.<br />Discussion: Sleep quality, efficiency, and duration were important predictors of daily health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the protective associations between sleep and next-day well-being were attenuated among people with higher COVID-19 threat. These findings highlight the role of heightened stress contexts when considering the benefits of sleep on daily health and well-being.<br /> (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2352-7226
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Sleep health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34756831
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2021.09.007