Estimated Sleep Duration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Major Metropolitan Areas on Different Continents: Observational Study of Smartphone App Data.

Rebecca Robbins Mahmoud Affouf Matthew D Weaver Mark É Czeisler Laura K Barger Stuart F Quan Charles A Czeisler

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

The average estimated sleep duration increased sharply in the months after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding suggests that the implementation of COVID-19 mitigation strategies has provided people worldwide with increased opportunities to sleep, which may enhance the response of the immune system to viral pathogens.

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