ABSTRACT
Objectives: To associate the effects of the social outbreak with insomnia and daytime sleepiness
according to the distance from the riots.
Material and Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study; a non-probabilistic sampling was carried out at
a national level. The Google Forms tool was used; a document was submitted using a
national database. The instrument consisted of four sections: socio-demographic data,
biopsychosocial symptoms, insomnia severity index (ISI), and the Epworth sleepiness
scale (ESS). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the zero-inflated
negative binomial model.
Results: Of a total of 2,532 surveyed people, 29% were male; 43% was younger than 30 years
old. The 50% of the sample suffers from sleepiness and 71% shows some type of insomnia.
The marginal effects of the zero-inflated negative binomial model show that women,
people aged 51 or older, who are neither studying a healthcare degree nor working
in the healthcare sector, that are exposed to 4 or more hours per day to the news
and that live in areas near or very near the riots, have significantly higher ISI
(marginal effect 1.356, SE 0.381, p-value 0.000) and ESS scores (marginal effect 0.693,
SE 0.320, p-value 0.030). To live/work in rioting areas has the greater marginal effect
compared to other determinants. Finally, neither employment status nor educational
level are associated with significant effects in the aforementioned scales.
Conclusion: The riots occurred during the social outbreak of October 2019 in Chile had an effect
on insomnia and daytime sleepiness. Particularly, to live/work in rioting areas has
the greater marginal effect compared to other determinants.
Keywords:
Insomnia - Sleepiness - Riots - Social Outbreak - Sleep