- 著者
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UBARA Ayaka
SUMI Yukiyoshi
ITO Kazuki
MATSUDA Arichika
MATSUO Masahiro
MIYAMOTO Towa
KADOTANI Hiroshi
乳原 彩香
角 幸頼
伊藤 一樹
松田 有史
松尾 雅博
宮本 都和
角谷 寛
- 出版者
- MDPI AG
- 雑誌
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.17, no.23, pp.8971, 2020-12-02
- 被引用文献数
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11
We aimed to analyze (a) the changes in depression, sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep habits in relation to the degree of self-isolation and (b) the effects of changes in sleep habits and social interactions on depression, insomnia, and sleepiness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We enrolled 164 patients who visited the sleep outpatient clinic in Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital. We compared the sleep habits, depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9: PHQ-9), insomnia (Athens Insomnia Scale: AIS), and sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale: ESS) of patients during the period from April to July 2019 vs. May 2020 (a period of self-isolation due to COVID-19). A Wilcoxon signed-rank test indicated no significant differences in PHQ-9, ESS, and AIS scores between 2019 and 2020 within both the strong self-isolation group and no/little self-isolation group. With respect to sleep habits, earlier bedtime (p = 0.006) and increased sleep duration (p = 0.014) were found in the strong self-isolation group. The former (p = 0.009) was also found in the no/little self-isolation group, but we found significant differences in sleep duration between the no/little self-isolation group and the strong self-isolation group (p = 0.047). Therefore, self-isolation due to COVID-19 had relatively small one-year effects on depression, sleepiness, and insomnia in a clinical population.