Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kamila Rachubinska, Mariusz Panczyk, Marcin Sygut, Przemyslaw Ustianowski, Elzbieta Grochans, Anna Maria Cybulska
Summary: This study investigated the contributors to nurses' depression and found that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the psychological health of medical staff, particularly through increased stress and anxiety symptoms. The prevalence of depression among nurses is significantly affected by anxiety levels and insomnia.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Gellan K. Ahmed, Eman M. Khedr, Dina A. Hamad, Taghreed S. Meshref, Mustafa M. Hashem, Mai M. Aly
Summary: The long-term impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health and its severity remains unclear. However, a study conducted 6 months post-infection found that the majority of participants experienced various psychiatric symptoms, with sleep problems, PTSD, and somatization being the most common. Severe and critical COVID-19 patients are more likely to suffer from mental health issues, while females, diabetics, and those requiring oxygen support or mechanical ventilation are more vulnerable.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Franchesca Diaz, Talea Cornelius, Sean Bramley, Hadiah Venner, Kaitlin Shaw, Melissa Dong, Patrick Pham, Cara L. McMurry, Diane E. Cannone, Alexandra M. Sullivan, Sung A. J. Lee, Joseph E. Schwartz, Ari Shechter, Marwah Abdalla
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, a significant number of healthcare workers experienced symptoms of disturbed sleep and psychological distress, with insomnia and short sleep duration being associated with higher levels of acute stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Sleep interventions may be important for reducing psychological distress among healthcare workers.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ping Sun, Manli Wang, Tingting Song, Yan Wu, Jinglu Luo, Lili Chen, Lei Yan
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant psychological impact on healthcare workers, particularly among women and frontline workers, leading to high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Timely psychological counseling and intervention are crucial to alleviate their anxiety and improve their overall mental health.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yvonne Schaffler, Stefan Kaltschik, Thomas Probst, Andrea Jesser, Christoph Pieh, Elke Humer
Summary: This study assesses the mental health of Austrian psychotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic and compares it with the general population. The findings show that psychotherapists have lower odds of experiencing clinically relevant depressive, anxiety, insomnia, and stress symptoms compared to the general population.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Julia S. Yarrington, Jana Lasser, David Garcia, Jose Hamilton Vargas, Diego Dotta Couto, Thiago Marafon, Michelle G. Craske, Andrea N. Niles
Summary: The study found that during the acute phase of the pandemic, anxiety increased while tiredness, calmness, happiness, and optimism decreased. In the sustained phase, feelings of sadness, depression, and gratitude increased, while anxiety, stress, and tiredness decreased. Overall, despite initial negative impacts, many Americans showed resilience in the following months.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sunah Hyun, Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Ga Tin Fifi Wong, Emily Zhang, Cindy H. Liu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sleep quality of young adults in the U.S. Findings indicated that depressive and anxiety symptoms may affect sleep quality, while PTSD symptoms and COVID-19-related worry were associated with poor sleep in young adults.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ayahito Ito, Daisuke Sawamura, Shogo Kajimura, Hideki Miyaguchi, Haruki Nakamura, Toshiyuki Ishioka
Summary: The mental health conditions of occupational therapists are directly linked to the quality of therapy, and insufficient information provision and increased workload are associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Furthermore, a therapist's therapy quality is strongly correlated with colleagues' therapy quality.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ahmed Suparno Bahar Moni, Shalimar Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammed Shahjahan Kabir, Sheikh M. Alif, Farhana Sultana, Masudus Salehin, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Wendy Cross, Muhammad Aziz Rahman
Summary: This study found that individuals affected financially, drinking alcohol, having a medical history, and high fear of COVID-19 were more likely to experience psychological distress. Additionally, those who self-isolated and had high psychological distress were more fearful. Participants who cared for a family member/patient with suspected COVID-19 were more resilient.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
S. Ahmed Bahamdan
Summary: The study summarized the psychological impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia, finding a considerable proportion of healthcare workers experiencing anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and distress.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Minggang Jiang, Xu Shao, Shengyi Rao, Yu Ling, Zhilian Pi, Yongqiang Shao, Shuaixiang Zhao, Li Yang, Huiming Wang, Wei Chen, Jinsong Tang
Summary: This study investigated the emotional and psychological state of healthcare workers in China and explored the association between sociodemographic factors/profession-related condition and emotional state. The results showed that gender, educational level, department category, job title, experience of workplace violence, job enthusiasm, and professional self-identity are the most important influencing factors of physician's anxiety and depression.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Musheer A. Aljaberi, Naser A. Alareqe, Abdulsamad Alsalahi, Mousa A. Qasem, Sarah Noman, Md Uzir Hossain Uzir, Lubna Ali Mohammed, Zine El Abiddine Fares, Chung-Ying Lin, Atiyeh M. Abdallah, Rukman Awang Hamat, Mohd Dzulkhairi Mohd Rani
Summary: This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological outcomes and finds that individuals with PTSD have higher levels of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The study highlights the significant association between PTSD and these psychological problems.
Article
Psychiatry
Krystyna Kowalczuk, Katarzyna Tomaszewska, Joanna Chilinska, Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak, Marek Sobolewski, Justyna M. Hermanowicz
Summary: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there was limited alteration in nurses' perceptions of job stress and self-assessed mental health, but nurses subjected to COVID-19 testing reported heightened stress and compromised mental health.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Tianchen Wu, Xiaoqian Jia, Huifeng Shi, Jieqiong Niu, Xiaohan Yin, Jialei Xie, Xiaoli Wang
Summary: The meta-analysis found that the prevalence of depression, anxiety, distress, and insomnia is high among the global population during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among healthcare workers, noninfectious chronic disease patients, COVID-19 patients, and quarantined persons. Urgent interventions for mental health are needed to prevent mental health problems.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Shijie Yang, Xiequn Xu
Summary: This study assessed the mental health of postoperative thyroid patients during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in China and found a significant proportion of patients experiencing insomnia, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Age, marital status, education level, income, general health, surgery timeline, follow-up situation, and searching COVID-19-related information on social media were associated with mental health status.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hailey Meaklim, Moira F. Junge, Prerna Varma, Wendy A. Finck, Melinda L. Jackson
Summary: The study found that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, altered sleep-wake patterns, in addition to stress, were a key risk factor for acute insomnia. Maintaining regular sleep-wake patterns is crucial for getting good sleep in times of crisis.
BEHAVIORAL SLEEP MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hailey Meaklim, Malisa Burge, Flora Le, Sukjhit K. Bains, William Saunders, Stephen Ghosh, Moira F. Junge, Prerna Varma, Imogen C. Rehm, Melinda L. Jackson
Summary: Dreaming and insomnia are important indicators of distress during crisis, and a longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that individuals with insomnia symptoms, especially new-onset insomnia, experience more negative dream changes. These dream changes are associated with poorer mental health symptoms over time, highlighting the importance of addressing dreaming and insomnia as targets for mental health interventions during times of crisis.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Letter
Clinical Neurology
Darah-Bree Bensen-Boakes, Nicole Lovato, Hailey Meaklim, Bei Bei, Hannah Scott
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hailey Meaklim, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Lisa J. Meltzer, Melinda L. Jackson
Summary: This study developed a novel Sleep Psychology Workshop for graduate psychology programs and examined its potential efficacy in improving trainee psychologists' sleep knowledge and skills. The workshop was found to significantly increase trainees' sleep knowledge and self-efficacy in sleep and insomnia management. Positive feedback was received from participants, and six months after the intervention, trainees reported routinely asking clients about sleep and improvements in their own sleep.
BEHAVIORAL SLEEP MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hailey Meaklim, William J. Saunders, Michelle L. Byrne, Moira F. Junge, Prerna Varma, Wendy A. Finck, Melinda L. Jackson
Summary: This study aimed to examine whether individuals with insomnia symptoms early in the pandemic were more vulnerable to anxiety and depressive symptoms over time compared to those with normal sleep. The results showed that both pre-existing and new-onset insomnia predicted persistent anxiety and depressive symptoms, surpassing other known risk factors. Pre-sleep arousal increased the risk of clinically significant anxiety, while dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs and attitudes predicted clinically significant depression.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Prerna Varma, Melinda L. Jackson, Moira Junge, Russell Conduit
Summary: This study examined the relationship between the sleep of parents and their children using objective sleep assessments. The findings showed a high concordance in sleep/wake states between parents and children, and indicated that sleep disturbances in children were associated with poorer sleep outcomes for both the parent and child.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Yin Wu, Brooke Levis, Federico M. Daray, John P. A. Ioannidis, Scott B. Patten, Pim Cuijpers, Roy C. Ziegelstein, Simon Gilbody, Felix H. Fischer, Suiqiong Fan, Ying Sun, Chen He, Ankur Krishnan, Dipika Neupane, Parash Mani Bhandari, Zelalem Negeri, Kira E. Riehm, Danielle B. Rice, Marleine Azar, Xin Wei Yan, Mahrukh Imran, Matthew J. Chiovitti, Jill T. Boruff, Dean McMillan, Lorie A. Kloda, Sarah Markham, Melissa Henry, Zahinoor Ismail, Carmen G. Loiselle, Nicholas D. Mitchell, Samir Al-Adawi, Kevin R. Beck, Anna Beraldi, Charles N. Bernstein, Birgitte Boye, Natalie Buel-Drabe, Adomas Bunevicius, Ceyhun Can, Gregory Carter, Chih-Ken Chen, Gary Cheung, Kerrie Clover, Ronan M. Conroy, Gema Costa-Requena, Daniel Cukor, Eli Dabscheck, Jennifer De Souza, Marina Downing, Anthony Feinstein, Panagiotis P. Ferentinos, Alastair J. Flint, Pamela Gallagher, Milena Gandy, Luigi Grassi, Martin Haerter, Asuncion Hernando, Melinda L. Jackson, Josef Jenewein, Nathalie Jette, Miguel Juliao, Marie Kjaergaard, Sebastian Kohler, Hans-Helmut Konig, Lalit K. R. Krishna, Yu Lee, Margrit Loebner, Wim L. Loosman, Anthony W. Love, Bernd Loewe, Ulrik F. Malt, Ruth Ann Marrie, Loreto Massardo, Yutaka Matsuoka, Anja Mehnert, Ioannis Michopoulos, Laurent Misery, Christian J. Nelson, Chong Guan Ng, Meaghan L. O'Donnell, Suzanne J. O'Rourke, Ahmet Ozturk, Alexander Pabst, Julie A. Pasco, Jurate Peceliuniene, Luis Pintor, Jennie L. Ponsford, Federico Pulido, Terence J. Quinn, Silje E. Reme, Katrin Reuter, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Alasdair G. Rooney, Roberto Sanchez-Gonzalez, Rebecca M. Saracino, Melanie P. J. Schellekens, Martin Scherer, Marcelo L. Schwarzbold, Vesile Senturk Cankorur, Louise Sharpe, Michael Sharpe, Sebastien Simard, Susanne Singer, Lesley Stafford, Jon Stone, Natalie A. Strobe, Serge Sultan, Antonio L. Teixeira, Istvan Tiringer, Alyna Turner, Jane Walker, Mark Walterfang, Liang-Jen Wang, Siegfried B. Weyerer, Jennifer White, Birgitt Wiese, Lana J. Williams, Lai-Yi Wong, Andrea Benedetti, Brett D. Thombsi
Summary: This study compared the screening accuracy of HADS-D and HADS-T for major depression and found no significant difference in diagnostic accuracy between the two. The shorter HADS-D would be preferred in most clinical and research settings as it not only reduces patient burden but also has equivalent diagnostic accuracy to HADS-T.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hailey Meaklim, Lisa J. Meltzer, Imogen C. Rehm, Moira F. Junge, Melissa Monfries, Gerard A. Kennedy, Romola S. Bucks, Marnie Graco, Melinda L. Jackson
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of an online sleep education workshop in disseminating sleep and insomnia knowledge to graduate psychology students. The workshop was successful in improving students' sleep knowledge and self-efficacy to manage sleep disturbances using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). Feedback from students was positive, and 83% of students reported using the sleep knowledge/skills learned in the workshop in their clinical practice after 12 months.
Article
Neurosciences
Kimberly A. Honn, Megan B. Morris, Melinda L. Jackson, Hans P. A. Van Dongen, Glenn Gunzelmann
Summary: Augmented cognition refers to real-time modifications to a human-system interface to improve performance, but its effectiveness as a countermeasure for performance impairment due to sleep loss is unknown. In a controlled laboratory study, an adaptive version of a Change Signal task was administered to healthy adults undergoing sleep deprivation. The results showed that sleep loss altered the effectiveness of the adaptive dynamics in the task, indicating a need for further investigation of the interaction between augmented cognition and sleep deprivation.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alice Hatt, Elizabeth Brown, David J. Berlowitz, Fergal O'Donoghue, Hailey Meaklim, Alan Connelly, Graeme Jackson, Kate Sutherland, Peter A. Cistulli, Bon San Bonne Lee, Lynne E. Bilston
Summary: Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) after cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) exhibit heterogeneous pharyngeal dilator muscle responses during quiet breathing, similar to non-SCI OSA patients. However, as a group, SCI OSA patients appear to be more similar to non-SCI OSA patients than to healthy controls of similar age and BMI. This may indicate altered pharyngeal pressure reflex responses in some individuals with SCI.
JOURNAL OF SPINAL CORD MEDICINE
(2022)