Holzinger Brigitte, Mayer Lucille, Nierwetberg Franziska, Klösch Gerhard
Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research, Vienna, Austria.
Certificate Program Sleep Coaching, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Sleep Med X. 2021 Jan 12;3:100032. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2021.100032. eCollection 2021 Dec.
In order to control the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Austria was put under national lockdown beginning on March 13, 2020, forcing its inhabitants to live in home confinement. The aim of this study was to measure the impact of the lockdown on sleep and dream behavior in Austrian citizens. 77 participants (50 women, 40.88 years, = 13.72) filled in an online questionnaire during the lockdown between April and May 2020. Sleep quality, sleep quantity, daytime sleepiness, and nightmare frequency were assessed and analyzed in relation to gender, burnout risk, perfectionism and chronotype. Results demonstrated higher subjective sleep quality during lockdown, especially in women. Daytime sleepiness was significantly lower during the lockdown period while sleep duration did not change. Results suggest that sleep issues are less prominent during the COVID-19 lockdown but point to the importance of prevention and treatment of sleep disorders aside from the pandemic. Findings indicate the need for more flexibility in social time structures to relieve those managing tasks from multiple areas of interests such as working mothers. Generalization of results is limited due to small sample size, self-selection bias, and purely subjective measures.
为了控制新冠疫情的迅速蔓延，奥地利自2020年3月13日起实施全国封锁，迫使居民居家隔离。本研究的目的是衡量封锁对奥地利公民睡眠和梦境行为的影响。77名参与者（50名女性，年龄40.88岁，标准差=13.72）在2020年4月至5月的封锁期间填写了一份在线问卷。对睡眠质量、睡眠时间、日间嗜睡和噩梦频率进行了评估，并就性别、倦怠风险、完美主义和昼夜节律类型进行了分析。结果显示，封锁期间主观睡眠质量更高，尤其是女性。封锁期间日间嗜睡明显降低，而睡眠时间没有变化。结果表明，在新冠疫情封锁期间睡眠问题不那么突出，但也指出了在疫情之外预防和治疗睡眠障碍的重要性。研究结果表明，社会时间结构需要更大的灵活性，以减轻那些兼顾多个兴趣领域任务的人的负担，比如职业母亲。由于样本量小、自我选择偏差和纯粹主观的测量方法，研究结果的普遍性受到限制。
