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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2022; 15(S 01): 257-263
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220025
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Adolescents’ sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Brigitte Bezerra Lima da Silva

    1   Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia - Recife - PE - Brazil.

  • Maria Carolina Ferreira de Melo

    1   Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia - Recife - PE - Brazil.

  • Luciana Moraes Studart-Pereira

    1   Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia - Recife - PE - Brazil.
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Objective To assess the sleep quality of Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with data from a questionnaire on individual characteristics and health, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). 153 adolescents participated - 61.4% females, 38.6% males, aged 13 to 18 years, enrolled at school.

Results 58.2% worsened their sleep quality during the pandemic. In the PSQI, 22 (14.4%) had a good, 104 (68%), a poor sleep quality, 27 (17.6%), suggestive of sleep disorders. Excessive daytime sleepiness occurred in 44.4% of the students. Significant associations appeared between sleep and decreased school motivation (p = 0.005), and between sleep and sex (p = 0.015). The pandemic affected more the females - 25.5% reported worse sleep quality, 67% had PSQI scores suggestive of sleep disorders; 46 (30.1%) students reported stress, anxiety, sadness -76.1% were girls.

Discussion Adolescents had impaired sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, reinforcing their sleep must be assessed in critical periods.

Sleep deprivation - Adolescents - Students - Pandemic - Coronavirus


Publication History

Received: 12 May 2021

Accepted: 05 October 2021

Article published online:
01 December 2023

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