COVID-19—The largest isolation study in history: the value of shared learnings from spaceflight analogs

Choukèr, Alexander; Stahn, Alexander

doi:10.1038/s41526-020-00122-8

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“…COVID-19 can be transmitted in humans via respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, nosocomial and in rare circumstances can be airborne [6]. The transmission of the virus and the high number of cases led governments around the world to impose rules and regulations, including confinement tactics, to help to intercept, or at least, slow down the spread of the virus [7]. These tactics included social distancing, quarantine, shielding, lockdown and complete isolation.…”

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Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan

Alomari¹,

Alzoubi²,

Khabour³

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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Sleep can significantly modulate the immune response to infectious agents. In the current study, changes in sleep quality during COVID-19-induced confinement among adults were investigated. This was a cross-sectional survey study of the public using social media. Participants (n ¼ 1846) were recruited in the study, of which >92% reported a variety of confinement procedures such as self-quarantine, physical distancing, banning of public events, school closure, and lockdown. Majority of the participants (53-59%) reported an increase in most of the sleep parameters except a decrease (49.1%) in daytime sleep. Age was associated with changes in sleeping disturbances during COVID-19 confinement (p < 0.001). Young participants were more likely to experience sleeping disturbance than older ones (p < 0.05). In addition, gender (p < 0.001) is an independent predictor of nighttime sleeping. Being a male is associated with a "decrease" and being a female is associated with an "increase" in nighttime sleeping hours (p < 0.05). Moreover, change in daytime sleeping was related to age, gender, and job type (p < 0.05). In conclusion, changes in sleep quality during COVID-19-induced confinement were reported. Intervention programs and strategies are warranted to further improve sleep during the current and future disease-induced confinement.

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Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan

Alomari¹,

Alzoubi²,

Khabour³

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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“…For more than 30 years, space agencies have been investigating the effects of isolation and confinement using facilities designed to simulate spaceflight missions. These “laboratory” studies are characterized by highly controlled settings and have been referred to as isolated and controlled confinement (ICC) (Choukér and Stahn 2020 ). With few exceptions such as the Russian Mars500 study or the more recent SIRIUS projects using the NEK facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, these studies are typically limited to short durations (< 60 days).…”

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Brains in space: the importance of understanding the impact of long-duration spaceflight on spatial cognition and its neural circuitry

Stahn

Kühn

2021

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Fifty years after the first humans stepped on the Moon, space faring nations have entered a new era of space exploration. NASA’s reference mission to Mars is expected to comprise 1100 days. Deep space exploratory class missions could even span decades. They will be the most challenging and dangerous expeditions in the history of human spaceflight and will expose crew members to unprecedented health and performance risks. The development of adverse cognitive or behavioral conditions and psychiatric disorders during those missions is considered a critical and unmitigated risk factor. Here, we argue that spatial cognition, i.e., the ability to encode representations about self-to-object relations and integrate this information into a spatial map of the environment, and their neural bases will be highly vulnerable during those expeditions. Empirical evidence from animal studies shows that social isolation, immobilization, and altered gravity can have profound effects on brain plasticity associated with spatial navigation. We provide examples from historic spaceflight missions, spaceflight analogs, and extreme environments suggesting that spatial cognition and its neural circuitry could be impaired during long-duration spaceflight, and identify recommendations and future steps to mitigate these risks.

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“…Authors point out that COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world's combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years [10]. The period of home isolation has been the longest in history [11], and the impact on macro-and microeconomics is comparable to that of the Great Depression of 1929 [12]. Sudden and abrupt changes in the lifestyle of citizens have increased domestic violence [13], drug abuse [14], reduction of physical activity [15], worsening of eating habits [16], and more passive and sedentary lifestyles [17].…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Disorders. A Critical Review

Clemente-Suárez

Martínez–González

Benitez-Agudelo

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of the worldwide population. Citizens suffer the social, economic, physiological, and psychological effects of this pandemic. Primary sources, scientific articles, and secondary bibliographic indexes, databases, and web pages were used for a consensus critical review. The method was a narrative review of the available literature to summarize the existing literature addressing mental health concerns and stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main search engines used in the present research were PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. We found the pandemic has had a direct impact on psychopathologies such as anxiety, increasing its ratios, and depression. Other syndromes such as burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder have increased with the pandemic, showing a larger incidence among medical personnel. Moreover, eating disorders and violence have also increased. Public authorities must prepare healthcare systems for increasing incidences of mental pathologies. Mental health apps are one of the tools that can be used to reach the general population.

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COVID-19—The largest isolation study in history: the value of shared learnings from spaceflight analogs

Cited by 38 publications

References 58 publications

Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan

Sleeping habits during COVID-19 induced confinement: A study from Jordan

Brains in space: the importance of understanding the impact of long-duration spaceflight on spatial cognition and its neural circuitry

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Disorders. A Critical Review

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