Sleep in pandemic times - COVID-19

Abstract

The effects of the pandemic on long-term mental health of the population submitted to isolation and anxiety due to the perspective of being contaminated or due to the economic distress are an emerging issue to the healthcare community to be faced in the years to come. Possible interventions to improve sleep quality during the pandemic like avoid reading or watching news regularly and, especially, before going to bed and interact positively with other household members are recommended. Further investigation of the symptoms caused by this physiological modification is necessary to handle what can be manifested by severe sleep disorders.