Insomnia and related factors in patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders compared to the general population during the COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from the multicentric COMET study

Acute stress symptoms in general population during the first wave of COVID lockdown in Italy: Results from the COMET trial

“…This represents a relevant finding; in fact, the presence of avoidant symptoms seems to be a nuclear component of maintaining a state of increased alertness: the avoidance and lack of exposure of the individual fuels a higher risk perception and thus a higher presence of stress related symptoms. Lastly, we showed that sleep disorders and social isolation also represent positive predictors for acute stress; this would thus corroborate the hypothesis that subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation as well as insomnia are associated with a worsening of acute stress symptomatology (Cleper et al., 2022 ; Dell'Osso et al., 2022 ; Li et al., 2020 ; Morin et al., 2021 ; Pappa et al., 2020 ).…”

“…this would thus corroborate the hypothesis that subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation as well as insomnia are associated with a worsening of acute stress symptomatology (Cleper et al, 2022;Dell'Osso et al, 2022;Li et al, 2020;Morin et al, 2021;Pappa et al, 2020).…”

Increasing public concern on insomnia during the COVID-19 outbreak in China: An info-demiology study

“…Long-term perceived stress from pandemic and corresponding lockdown or precautionary measures would severely affect the physical and mind health and result in a range of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance. It is worth noting that these negative mental conditions are often closely related to each other with a high level of co-morbidity rate, including during the period of COVID-19 pandemic 44 , 45 , 46 . Among the six dramatically increased search terms in BDI, “1 min to fall asleep” and “insomnia treatment” had the largest increase, indicating that netizens searching for insomnia should be given more appropriate psychological support [ 47 ].…”

The Short-Term Consequences of COVID-19 on Mental Health: State of the Art from Available Studies

“…In particular, during the lockdown, higher rates of sleep disorders [ 39 ], anxiety, depressive and stress symptoms [ 40 ] and higher access rate to mental health services [ 41 ] were observed in patients with pre-existing mental disorders. Although containment measures have represented an essential public health strategy to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have significantly affected the mental health of the general population and of people with pre-existing mental health problems.…”