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| Published: May 19, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Cycle Pattern
Student, M.Sc. Forensic Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences (National Forensic Sciences University) Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.071.20210902
DOI: 10.25215/0902.071
ABSTRACT
The imprisonment throughout the recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a very modified fashion for several people. These changes were largely restrictive in terms of social interaction, creativity, opportunities, and positive relationships. The restriction was additionally extended to physical activity, mobility, and availability of food as well. In effect, these have non-continuous chronobiological rhythms as these are influenced by not solely the sunshine however additionally alternative zeitgebers like a meal, social interaction, and physical activity. Thus, a structured routine will facilitate in rising sleep period and quality through multiple intrinsic and external factors. To mitigate the unfold of the pandemic coronavirus infection (COVID 19), governments across the world have adopted lockdowns that have confined several people to their homes. This disrupts traditional life routines, parts of that are the necessary unit of time cues. The pandemic is additionally related to new stressors, altered roles, and uncertainties regarding health and economic security, which also are doubtless to affect sleep. This review article principally focuses on the sleep expertise, routines, physical activity, and symptoms of tension and depression, to check the alterations related to the imprisonment. the current COVID-19 epidemic could be a rare scenario wherever a large population is confined to the house and doesn’t seem to be compelled to follow a structured routine.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Isai P. C.
Received: March 25, 2021; Revision Received: May 01, 2021; Accepted: May 19, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.071.20210902
10.25215/0902.071
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 2, April-June, 2021