Introduction

In Italy, lockdown due to COVID-19 health emergency started on March 10 and partially ended on May 3rd, 2020. There was a significant increase of psychological distress and symptoms of mental illness, and worsening of quality of sleep in the general population.

Methods

Participants completed an anonymous web-based survey that include questionnaires about sleep and anxiety and depression symptoms. Our sample included 400 subjects: 307 students (mean age 22.84 ± 2.68) and 93 university administration staff workers (mean age 37.02 ± 12.46).

Results

we found an increase in Bed Time hour, Sleep Latency, and Wake-Up time between before and during COVID-19 emergency and a worsening of sleep quality and of insomnia symptoms. In particular, during the lockdown, the impact of the delay in Bed Time and in Wake-Up was more pronounced in students. In workers, we observed a prevalence of maintenance insomnia before COVID-19 of 24% that significantly increase during COVID-19 reaching 40%, while workers with difficulties in sleep initiation were only 15% that increased to 42%. In our sample, 27.8% showed depressive symptoms, while 34.3% showed anxious symptoms, in particular in students.

Conclusion

The impact of lockdown was greater in students than in workers, and in females than in males. Concerning the psycho-emotional aspects, about one-third of our sample showed depressive or anxious symptoms. The results of our study may provide support for the implementation of some interventions for well-being in pandemic condition.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 封锁对大学生和管理人员睡眠质量的影响。

介绍

在意大利，由于 COVID-19 卫生紧急情况而导致的封锁于 3 月 10 日开始，并于 2020 年 5 月 3 日部分结束。一般人群的心理困扰和精神疾病症状显着增加，睡眠质量恶化。

方法

参与者完成了一项基于网络的匿名调查，其中包括有关睡眠、焦虑和抑郁症状的问卷。我们的样本包括 400 名受试者：307 名学生（平均年龄 22.84 ± 2.68 岁）和 93 名大学行政人员（平均年龄 37.02 ± 12.46 岁）。

结果

我们发现在 COVID-19 紧急情况之前和期间之间的就寝时间、睡眠潜伏期和起床时间有所增加，并且睡眠质量和失眠症状有所恶化。特别是在封锁期间，延迟就寝时间和起床时间对学生的影响更为明显。在工人中，我们观察到在 COVID-19 之前维持性失眠的患病率为 24%，在 COVID-19 期间显着增加，达到 40%，而难以入睡的工人只有 15%，增加到 42%。在我们的样本中，27.8% 表现出抑郁症状，而 34.3% 表现出焦虑症状，尤其是在学生中。

结论

封锁对学生的影响大于对工人的影响，对女性的影响大于对男性的影响。关于心理情绪方面，大约三分之一的样本表现出抑郁或焦虑症状。我们的研究结果可能会支持在大流行病情况下实施一些健康干预措施。