The enemy who sealed the world: Effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population

M Casagrande, F Favieri, R Tambelli, G Forte - Sleep medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a
global health emergency. The extreme actions aimed to reduce virus diffusion have
profoundly changed the lifestyles of the Italian population. Moreover, fear of contracting the …

The enemy which sealed the world: effects of COVID-19 diffusion on the psychological state of the Italian population

G Forte, F Favieri, R Tambelli… - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Starting from the first months of 2020, worldwide population has been facing
the COVID-19 pandemic. Many nations, including Italy, took extreme actions to reduce the
diffusion of the virus, profoundly changing lifestyles. The Italians have been faced with both …

COVID-19 pandemic in the Italian population: validation of a post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and prevalence of PTSD symptomatology

G Forte, F Favieri, R Tambelli… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Abstract Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide attention
for its rapid and exponential diffusion. The long-term psychological impact, of both the
spread of the virus and the restrictive policies adopted to counteract it, remains uncertain …

[HTML][HTML] The Italians in the Time of Coronavirus: Psychosocial Aspects of the Unexpected COVID-19 Pandemic

F Favieri, G Forte, R Tambelli… - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide public health emergency that forced
the Italian Government to deliberate unprecedented actions, including quarantine, with a
relevant impact on the population. The present study is one of the first Italian nationwide …

Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy

N Cellini, N Canale, G Mioni… - Journal of Sleep …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Italy is one of the major COVID‐19 hotspots. To reduce the spread of the infections and the
pressure on Italian healthcare systems, since March 10, 2020, Italy has been under a total
lockdown, forcing people into home confinement. Here we present data from 1,310 people …

Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID‐19 outbreak: Practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT‐I Academy

E Altena, C Baglioni, CA Espie, J Ellis… - Journal of Sleep …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the current global home confinement situation due to the COVID‐19 outbreak, most
individuals are exposed to an unprecedented stressful situation of unknown duration. This
may not only increase daytime stress, anxiety and depression levels, but also disrupt sleep …

Sleep in university students prior to and during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

KP Wright Jr, SK Linton, D Withrow, L Casiraghi… - Current Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Sleep health has multiple dimensions including duration, regularity, timing, and quality [1, 2,
3, 4]. The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak led to Stay-at-Home orders and Social
Distancing Requirements in countries throughout the world to limit the spread of COVID-19 …

Insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Greek population

P Voitsidis, I Gliatas, V Bairachtari, K Papadopoulou… - Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insomnia is a major health issue associated with great psychological burden. Research of
insomnia during a pandemic crisis is limited. The aim of the present study was to explore
sleep difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Greek population. The three-day online …

Mental health consequences during the initial stage of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Spain

C González-Sanguino, B Ausín, MÁ Castellanos… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The pandemic caused by Covid-19 has been an unprecedented social and health
emergency worldwide. This is the first study in the scientific literature reporting the
psychological impact of the Covid-19 outbreak in a sample of the Spanish population. A …

Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 outbreak in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey

Y Huang, N Zhao - Psychiatry research, 2020 - Elsevier
China has been severely affected by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) since
December, 2019. We aimed to assess the mental health burden of Chinese public during
the outbreak, and to explore the potential influence factors. Using a web-based cross …