Sleep quality and anxiety symptoms in Egyptian children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Rifay, Amira S. El; Hashem, Shaimaa A.; Mostafa, Hend H.; Kamel, Iman; Sherif, Lobna S.

doi:10.1186/s42269-021-00590-2

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“…Sleep behaviours are also known to have altered [ 27 ], with 54% of children reported to show sleep disturbance during lockdown. Specific associations between changes in sleep behaviour and increases in anxiety having been demonstrated in Italy [ 28 ], Egypt [ 29 ] and Spain [ 30 ], according to parent report.…”

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UK children’s sleep and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Background Sleep and mental wellbeing are intimately linked. This relationship is particularly important to understand as it emerges over childhood. Here we take the opportunity that the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting lockdown in the UK, presented to study sleep-related behaviour and anxiety in school-aged children. Methods Parents and children were asked to complete questionnaires towards the start of the UK lockdown in April-to-May of 2020, then again in August of that year (when many restrictions had been lifted). We explored children’s emotional responses to the pandemic and sleep patterns at both time points, from the perspectives of parents and children themselves. Results Children’s bedtime anxiety increased at the start of the lockdown as compared to a typical week; however, by August, bedtime anxiety had ameliorated along with children’s COVID-19 related anxiety. Bedtime anxiety predicted how long it took children to fall asleep at night at both the start and the end of the lockdown. Bedtime and wake-up time shifted at the start of lockdown, but interestingly total sleep time was resilient (likely owing to an absence of early school start times) and was not predicted by child anxiety. Conclusions These findings further support calls for sleep quality (in particular, time taken to fall asleep) to be taken as a key indicator of mental health in children, particularly under usual circumstances when schools are open and sleep duration may be less resilient.

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UK children’s sleep and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Zhou et al (2020) reported that the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms among the 12 to 18-year-old Chinese youth was 43.7% and 37.4%, respectively. Sleep disturbances were also present among children during the pandemic (problems initiating and maintaining sleep: 33.4% of the children studied, excessive sleepiness: 15.7%; (El Refay et al, 2021).…”

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Quality of Life in Schoolchildren, Their Parents and Teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychosomatic Health, Teachers’ and Parents’ Burnout Along with the Prevalence of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms

Mudło-Głagolska

Ларионов²

2022

PBE

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the related changes in the implementation of educational activities affected three groups of the school community: schoolchildren, their parents and teachers. The purpose of this study is to assess psychological functioning in these groups in the period before returning to full-time face-to-face education. The study involved 88 schoolchildren, 99 parents and 36 teachers from Poland. Life satisfaction, subjective physical and mental health complaints as well as the quality of life were assessed in students. Anxiety and depressive symptoms, teachers’ and parental burnout were also studied. Additionally, the usage of such maladaptive coping strategies as rumination was assessed in teachers. The analysis revealed that lower levels of psychological well-being were shown by girls (compared to boys) and schoolchildren from grades 7 to 8 (compared to younger pupils). Teachers scored relatively high on the anxiety/depressive symptoms and work burnout scales. In contrast, parents had lower levels of anxiety/depressive symptoms and the level of parental burnout was average.Among the participants of the educational process, pupils in the higher grades (7–8), especially girls, as well as teachers had poorer well-being. We suggest that measures should be taken to provide psychological support to these risk groups.

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“…In children and adolescents, an investigation with 765 participants aged 4–16 years conducted by Refay et al found that 65.6% showed symptoms suggestive of a sleep disorder, as measured by the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children score (SDSC) [ 7 ]. Almost 16% of the children suffered from EDS, with significant positive correlations between SDSC scores and increased screen usage.…”

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“…Most studies about sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic in this population address insomnia, psychological symptoms, and the impact of disrupted sleep–wake schedules [ 6 – 8 ]. Disorders related to initiating and maintaining sleep being more common, and it is estimated that around 16% in a group of Egyptian children experienced EDS during the pandemic [ 7 ]. Studies during the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that children’s sleep duration increased with a transition to circadian phase delay [ 6 ].…”

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COVID-19 and Central Nervous System Hypersomnias

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Oliveira

Coelho

2022

Curr Sleep Medicine Rep

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Purpose of review Central nervous system (CNS) hypersomnias can be triggered by external factors, such as infection or as a response to vaccination. The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which was caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), led to a worldwide effort to quickly develop a vaccine to contain the pandemic and reduce morbidity and mortality. This narrative review is focused on the literature published in the past 2 years and provides an update on current knowledge in respect of the triggering of CNS hypersomnias by infection per se , vaccination, and circadian rhythm alterations caused by social isolation, lockdown, and quarantine. Recent findings At present, there is no consensus on the association between hypersomnias and COVID-19 vaccination or infection per se ; however, the data suggest that there has been an increase in excessive daytime sleepiness due to vaccination, but only for a short duration. Kleine Levin syndrome, hypersomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, and narcolepsy were aggravated and exacerbated in some case reports in the literature. Both increased and decreased sleep duration and improved and worsened sleep quality were described. In all age groups, delayed sleep time was frequent in studies of patients with hypersomnolence. Summary The hypothesis that there is a pathophysiological mechanism by which the virus, vaccination, and the effects of quarantine aggravate hypersomnias is discussed in this review.

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Sleep quality and anxiety symptoms in Egyptian children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Cited by 20 publications

References 24 publications

UK children’s sleep and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

UK children’s sleep and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

Quality of Life in Schoolchildren, Their Parents and Teachers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychosomatic Health, Teachers’ and Parents’ Burnout Along with the Prevalence of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms

COVID-19 and Central Nervous System Hypersomnias

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