Sleep Quality and Mental Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown in Morocco

Overview

Journal Sleep Med

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2020 Aug 31

PMID 32862008

Citations 65

Authors

Abdelkrim Janati Idrissi

Abdelaziz Lamkaddem

Abdelilah Benouajjit

Manar Ben El Bouaazzaoui

Farah El Houari

Mohammed Alami

Sanae Labyad

Abderrahman Chahidi

Meryem Benjelloun

Samira Rabhi

Najib Kissani

Benaissa Zarhbouch

Reda Ouazzani

Fouzia Kadiri

Rachid Alouane

Mohamed ElBiaze

Said Boujraf

Samira El Fakir

Zouhayr Souirti

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: The lockdown of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is associated with several stressful factors that can negatively affect peoples' sleep quality and mental health.

Objectives: We conducted this study to evaluate sleep disorders and psychological impact associated with the spread of the COVID-19 and the lockdown on the Moroccan population. We also aimed to study the effects of respondents' beliefs and attitudes about sleep on sleep disorders, anxiety-related symptoms, and depressive symptoms.

Material And Methods: We used a questionnaire enclosing respondents' sociodemographic information, five psychological and behavioral tests including Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS-16), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test.

Results: Our results highlighted widespread false beliefs about sleep and the prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression-related symptoms within the Moroccan population. Nearly 82.3% of respondents revealed false beliefs about sleep. Furthermore, we confirmed a strong positive correlation between knowledge and attitudes about sleep and the prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression-related symptoms. However, we found no significant difference in the prevalence of sleep and psychological disorders, between healthcare workers and other professions workers.

Conclusion: Our study revealed a high prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in the Moroccan population during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Moreover, false beliefs on sleep understanding were prevalent and were presenting a risk factor leading to sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.

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