Moreno Claudia Roberta de Castro, Conway Silvia G, Assis Márcia, Genta Pedro Rodrigues, Pachito Daniela V, Tavares Almir, Sguillar Danilo A, Moreira Gustavo, Drager Luciano F, Bacelar Andrea
Brazilian Sleep Association, São Paulo, Brazil.
School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Sleep Sci. 2022 Jan-Mar;15(1):1-7. doi: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220027.
This study aimed firstly to describe sleep-related and mental health symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a national-wide sample and, secondly, to verify attitudes towards help-seeking to treat these symptoms.
Data were collected through an online questionnaire sent through the Brazilian Sleep Association's social media. The questionnaire included sociodemographic and sleep aspects questions currently and before the pandemic period. In addition, the survey addressed current and previous anxiety, depression, and burnout symptoms. The outcome help-seeking was addressed in the questionnaire as well by a single question asked when the participant reported mental or sleep problems.
The study covered 6,360 participants, mean age 43.5 years (SD=14.3), 76.7% female and 63.7% with undergraduate or higher degree filled out the survey. Seventy percent of participants reported sleep disturbances and 80% reported symptoms of anxiety during the pandemic. Help-seeking behavior was found only in one third of them. Hours of sleep reduced from 7.12 to 6.2h, which can be related with the increase in 28.2% of dissatisfaction with sleep duration during the pandemic. The highest frequency of complaints related to sleep was difficulty to fall asleep three or more times a week (going from 27.6% before the pandemic to 58.9% during the pandemic; p<0.001). Moreover, it was observed that help-seeking was more prevalent in men than women, and more in younger participants than in older ones.
There was an increase of sleep and mental self-reported problems during the pandemic, which was not followed by help-seeking.
本研究旨在首先描述全国范围内样本在新冠疫情之前和期间与睡眠相关及心理健康症状，其次验证对治疗这些症状的求助态度。
通过巴西睡眠协会社交媒体发送的在线问卷收集数据。问卷包括当前和疫情前的社会人口统计学及睡眠方面问题。此外，该调查涉及当前和以前的焦虑、抑郁及倦怠症状。问卷还通过在参与者报告心理或睡眠问题时提出的一个单一问题来探讨求助情况。
该研究涵盖6360名参与者，平均年龄43.5岁（标准差 = 14.3），76.7%为女性，63.7%拥有本科或更高学历填写了调查问卷。70%的参与者报告在疫情期间有睡眠障碍，80%报告有焦虑症状。仅三分之一的人有求助行为。睡眠时间从7.12小时减少到6.2小时，这可能与疫情期间对睡眠时间不满增加28.2%有关。与睡眠相关的最高投诉频率是每周难以入睡三次或更多次（从疫情前的27.6%增至疫情期间的58.9%；p<0.001）。此外，观察到男性比女性更普遍求助，年轻参与者比年长参与者更普遍求助。
疫情期间自我报告的睡眠和心理问题有所增加，但随后并未伴随求助行为。
