Cell Sub-Journal: Exploring how college students sleep before and during COVID-19 at home

, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-bio-valley/ --- In a new study, Kenneth Wright of the Sleep and Tempry Biology Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder compared 139 college students' sleep before and during their stay at home as they moved from face-to-face to remote classesAccording to their report, nighttime sleep increased by about 30 minutes on weekdays and 24 minutes on weekendsSleep time is also regular day by day, and social jetlag is less commonThe findings were published online June 10, 2020 in the journal Current Biology with the title "Sleep in University Students Prior to Over COVID-19 Day-at-Home Orders"images from Current Biology, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.022new research suggests that stay-at-home orders linked to the COVID-19 pandemic have a significant impact on people's daily lives around the world, including the way people sleepThe study showed that easy school and work schedules and more time to stay at home led people to sleep more on average and less "social jet lag", as evidenced by fewer changes in sleep time and duration during work days than on idle daysthese college students sleep about 50 minutes late on weekdays while staying at home and about 25 minutes late on weekendsStudents who tended to sleep less before the effects of COVID-19 began to show were the most likely to increase their sleep time after stopping face-to-face classesAfter the stay-at-home order came into effect, 92 percent of students received the recommended seven hours of sleep per night, up from 84 percent previously"Inadequate sleep time, irregular sleep time and late sleep, social jet lag are common in modern society, and these poor sleep health behaviors can lead to and worsen major health and safety problems, including heart disease andstroke
, weight gain and obesity,diabetes
, depression and anxiety and other mood disorders, drug abuse, impaired immune health, and morning sleepiness, cognitive impairment, poor productivity, and risk of poor academic performance." Our findings further confirm that college students' bad sleep behavior can be changedA better understanding of what factors contribute to changing sleep health behaviors during staying at home may help develop sleep health intervention strategies "(Bio Valley Bioon.com) References: kenneth P Wright et al.
Sleep in University Students Prior to and Ying COVID-19 Day-at-Home Orders Current Biology, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.022.