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    Sleep disturbances in russian university students during COVID-19 pandemic
    (Maltepe Üniversitesi, 2021) Abdalla, Salma; Smirnova, Daria; Fountoulakis, Konstantinos
    Introduction: Poor sleep quality has been demonstrated in 57.1% population during COVID-19 pandemic (Casagrande et al., 2020). Researchers hypothesized that “fatigue, sleepiness, and REM sleep behaviour disorder might be related to SARS-CoV-2 infection per se, whereas insomnia might be related mainly to confinement, anxiety, and other psychosocial factors” (Altena et al., 2020; Partinen, 2020). Mental health of university students has been affected by pandemic (e.g. excess rates of depression in 12.43% students and severe distress reactions in 13.46%) (Patsali et al., 2020). We aimed to study sleep distortions among students’ population in response to psychosocial factors of pandemic and social isolation measures. Material and Methods: Using the Google form, we distributed the anonymous self-administered questionnaire for estimating the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health (Fountoulakis, 2020) among the university students in Samara, Russia. Statistical data analysis included descriptive methods and ANCOVA using SPSS-27. Results and discussion: Population of 1167 university students (females n=897, males n=251) have been characterized by the reduced quality of sleep in 36.7% (much worse - 12.2%, n=142; a little worse - 24.5%, n=286). Respondents tend to stay late and sleep for many hours during the day in 64.6% (almost always -13.4%, n=156; o en – 21.7%, n=253; sometimes - 29.5%, n=344). Moreover, students took sleeping pills from time to time in 8.7%, n=102, o en in 1.7%, n=20, and almost always in 0.9%, n=11. Our second stage analysis will report which of the psychosocial factors, including COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation, correlate with sleep disturbances in students’ population. Conclusions: Current study confirmed that students are at risk to develop sleep disorders which can affect their studies, physical and mental health. University medical office is recommended to manage special program to monitor health indicators, actively promote importance and provide assistance to those students who experience sleep disturbances.