PaLS Study of Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Data
3.2. Sleep Quality and Time in Front of the Screen
3.3. Sleep-Disturbing Factors
3.4. Mental Health
3.5. Mental Health Correlations
3.6. Results from Questions Subjectively Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health
3.7. Results from Questions Subjectively Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Sleep
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gruba, G.; Kasiak, P.S.; Gębarowska, J.; Adamczyk, N.; Sikora, Z.; Jodczyk, A.M.; Mamcarz, A.; Śliż, D. PaLS Study of Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189581
Gruba G, Kasiak PS, Gębarowska J, Adamczyk N, Sikora Z, Jodczyk AM, Mamcarz A, Śliż D. PaLS Study of Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189581
Chicago/Turabian StyleGruba, Grzegorz, Przemysław Seweryn Kasiak, Joanna Gębarowska, Natalia Adamczyk, Zuzanna Sikora, Alicja Monika Jodczyk, Artur Mamcarz, and Daniel Śliż. 2021. "PaLS Study of Sleep Deprivation and Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189581