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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1774477
Changes in the sleep latency time of adolescents seen at the hebiatria service of a tertiary hospital in Paraná state after confinement of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background: Sleep characteristics vary throughout life, with a well-documented night preference among adolescents from 12 years of age onwards, with a predilection for later times to sleep and waking up. The COVID-19 outbreak caused an impact on the adolescent sleep patterns, including sleep duration, latency, time, quality and onset of insomnia symptoms.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the sleep latency time of adolescents treated at the Hebiatrics service of a tertiary hospital after the period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, checking this sleep behavior in adolescents with return of presential learning.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out in 55 patients treated at the Hebiatry Service of the Hospital de Clínicas do Paraná, aged between 12 and 18 years, with the application of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire (1989).
Results: The sleep latency time of adolescents after a period of social isolation with home-schooling ranged from 0 to 120 minutes and was greater than 15 minutes in 27 patients (49%), with an average of 26.5 minutes and a median of 15 minutes, which refers to an increase in latency time compared to studies that occurred in periods prior to the pandemic.
Conclusions: There was a change in the sleep pattern of adolescents after the period of social isolation, which may represent a worsening in sleep quality. It is important to be aware of changes in the sleep behaviors of adolescents, since changes in sleep patterns in this age group can have consequences for a decline in cognitive and physical performance, in addition to an increase in the morbidity and mortality rate, so it is important to intervene in this stage of life so that there are no future consequences.
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18. September 2023
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