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Gender-specific estimates of sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Summary
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
changed lifestyles
worldwide and subsequently induced individuals’ sleep problems. Sleep problems
have been demonstrated by scattered evidence among the current literature on
COVID-19;
however, little is known regarding the synthesised prevalence of sleep
problems (i.e. insomnia symptoms and poor sleep quality) for males and females separately.
The present systematic review and meta-analysis
aimed to answer the important
question regarding prevalence of sleep problems during the COVID-19
outbreak
period between genders. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews
and Meta-Analyses
guideline and Newcastle–Ottawa
Scale checklist, relevant studies
with satisfactory methodological quality searched for in five academic databases
(Scopus, PubMed Central, ProQuest, Web of Science , and EMBASE) were included and
analysed. The protocol of the project was registered in the International Prospective
Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; identification code CRD42020181644).
A total of 54 papers (N = 67,722) in the female subgroup and 45 papers (N = 45,718) in
the male subgroup were pooled in the meta-analysis.
The corrected pooled estimated
prevalence of sleep problems was 24% (95% confidence interval [CI] 19%–29%)
for female
participants and 27% (95% CI 24%–30%)
for male participants. Although in both
gender subgroups, patients with COVID-19,
health professionals and general population
showed the highest prevalence of sleep problems, it did not reach statistical
significance. Based on multivariable meta-regression,
both gender groups had higher
prevalence of sleep problems during the lockdown period. Therefore, healthcare providers
should pay attention to the sleep problems and take appropriate preventive
action