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Title
Sleep and long COVID: Preexisting sleep issues and the risk of PASC in a large general population using 3 different model definitions.
Publication Date
2024-09-26
Author(s)
Quan, Stuart F
Weaver, Matthew D
Czeisler, Mark É
Barger, Laura K
Booker, Lauren A
Howard, Mark E
Jackson, Melinda L
Lane, Rashon I
McDonald, Christine F
Ridgers, Anna
Robbins, Rebecca
Varma, Prerna
Wiley, Joshua F
Rajaratnam, Shantha M W
Czeisler, Charles A
Subject
Long COVID
PASC
Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection
insomnia
poor sleep quality
sleep duration
Type of document
Journal Article
OrcId
0000-0002-9474-7679
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0000-0003-4976-8101
0000-0002-0612-1466
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0000-0002-0271-6702
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0000-0002-7408-1849
DOI
10.1101/2024.06.20.24309263
Abstract
Insomnia, poor sleep quality and extremes of sleep duration are associated with COVID-19 infection. This study assessed whether these factors are related to Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Cross-sectional survey of a general population of 24,803 U.S. adults to determine the association of insomnia, poor sleep quality and sleep duration with PASC. Prevalence rates of PASC among previously COVID-19 infected participants for three definitions of PASC were COPE (21.9%), NICE (38.9%) and RECOVER PASC Score (15.3%). PASC was associated with insomnia in all 3 models in fully adjusted models with adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) ranging from 1.30 (95% CI: 1.11-1.52, p≤0.05, PASC Score) to 1.52 (95% CI: 1.34-1.71, p≤0.001, (NICE). Poor sleep quality was related to PASC in all models with aORs ranging from 1.77 (95% CI: 1.60-1.97, p≤0.001, NICE) to 2.00 (95% CI: 1.77-2.26, p≤0.001, COPE). Sleep <6 hours was associated with PASC with aORs between 1.59 (95% CI: 1.40-1.80, p≤0.001, PASC Score) to 1.70 (95% CI: 1.53-1.89, p≤0.001, COPE). Sleep ≥ 9 hours was not associated with PASC in any model. Although vaccination with COVID-19 booster decreased the likelihood of developing PASC, it did not attenuate associations between insomnia, poor sleep quality and short sleep duration with PASC in any of the models. Insomnia, poor sleep quality and short sleep duration are potential risk factors for PASC. Interventions to improve sleep may decrease the development of PASC.
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Citation
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM : official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2024-09-26
Jornal Title
MedRxiv: the Preprint Server for Health Sciences

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