Changes in sleep and the prevalence of probable insomnia in undergraduate university students over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the U-Flourish cohort study

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Recent advances in sleep science have demonstrated that ongoing sleep difficulties are associated with a range of adverse consequences and predispose individuals to develop mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. The rates of insomnia and sleep disturbance among university students are higher than those reported in the general population yet research on insomnia has largely focused on middle aged and older adults. Consequently, little is known about sleep disturbance in young adult u...

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Authors: King, N; Pickett, W; Keown-Stoneman, CDG; Miller, CB; Li, M

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Journal: BJPsych Open
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 6
• Pages: e210-e210
• Article number: e210
• Publication date: 2023-11-07
• DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2023.597
• EISSN: 2056-4724
• ISSN: 2056-4724
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cohort study; Cohort; Internal medicine; Gerontology; Mood; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Demography; Sleep (system call); Longitudinal study; Pandemic; Insomnia; Mental health; Psychology; Disease; Medicine; Clinical psychology; Psychiatry