Sleep disorders and COVID-19

Sushanth Bhat; Sudhansu Chokroverty

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.021

Sleep disorders and COVID-19

Sleep Med. 2022 Mar:91:253-261. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.021. Epub 2021 Jul 18.

Authors

Sushanth Bhat¹, Sudhansu Chokroverty²

Affiliations

¹ Hackensack Meridian-Health JFK University Medical Center, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ, 08818, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Sleep Medicine Research, and Co-Chair Emeritus of Neurology, Hackensack Meridian-Health JFK University Medical Center, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ, 08818, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the known associations between COVID-19 and sleep dysfunction, including insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, restless legs syndrome and nightmares, and touches upon pandemic-related considerations for obstructive sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure treatment. Treatment strategies and management approaches are also briefly discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19 and nightmares; COVID-19 and obstructive sleep apnea; COVID-19 and sleep dysfunction; COVIDsomnia; Coronasomnia.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence* / therapy
Humans
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / epidemiology
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / therapy
Sleep Wake Disorders* / epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders* / therapy