Cell Sub-Journal: Exploring the Effects of COVID-19 Blocking on Sleep and Rest-Activity Rhythms in Humans

, June 17, 2020 /
BioON/--- In a new study, researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland explored the relationship between the most rigorous stages of COVID-19 blocking in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and the effects of sleep over a six-week period from mid-March to the end of April 2020Their data show that as people start working more from home and sleep more regularly each day, blocking reduces the mismatch between social sleep and physical sleep timePeople also sleep about 15 minutes more every nightHowever, self-reported data show that sleep quality is thought to have declinedThe findings were published online June 10, 2020 in the journal Current Biology, with the headline "Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms"images from Current Biology, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.021new research shows that the closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have had a significant impact on people's daily lives around the world, including the way people sleepIt shows that easy school and work schedules and more time to stay at home make people sleep more on average, and less "social jetlag", as evidenced by fewer changes in sleep time and duration during work days than on idle daysHowever, it also found that the epidemic had taken a toll on the quality of self-reported sleep"Generally, we expect a reduction in social jet lag to be associated with reports of improved sleep quality," said Christine Blume, a sleep researcher and cognitive neuroscientist at the School of Time Biology at the University of Basel in Switzerland,In our sample, however, the overall sleep quality decreasedWe believe that during this unprecedented COVID-19 blockade, the burden of self-perceived increases significantly, perhaps exceeding the other benefits of reduced social jet lag"It's no surprise that this unprecedented outbreak and blockade has increased the burden on yourself and has had a negative impact on the quality of sleep,"Blume saidOn the positive side, however, the relaxation of the social calendar also improves the consistency between external or social factors that determine our sleep-wake time and the biological signals within our bodiesThis is also related to more sleep overall the researchers say that from a sleep health perspective, the increase in sleep time and patterns is a welcome change For those with sleep problems, Blume recommends exercising in the open air (Bio Valley Bioon.com) References: Christine Blume et al.
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms Current Biology, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.021.