COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Sleep Health: A Rapid Review

Tracy L Bezner; Manjamalai Sivaraman

COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Sleep Health: A Rapid Review

Mo Med. 2022 Jul-Aug;119(4):385-389.

Authors

Tracy L Bezner¹, Manjamalai Sivaraman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri.
² Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri.

PMID: 36118813
PMCID: PMC9462915

Abstract

This rapid review aims to elucidate the impact of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (COVID) disease-both in the acute phase and the "long-hauler" syndrome-on sleep health. Literature regarding the direct physiologic impact of COVID disease on sleep is sparse but has illuminated a toxic synergy between the immune response to COVID disease and the pro-inflammatory state brought on by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Primary care physicians and sleep medicine specialists should aggressively screen for OSA in COVID patients.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Sleep
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / epidemiology