liu.seSearch for publications in DiVA
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Habitual short sleepers with pre-existing medical conditions are at higher risk of Long COVID
Univ Hlth Network, Canada.
Univ Hlth Network, Canada.
Univ Helsinki, Finland.
Uppsala Univ, Sweden.
Show others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), ISSN 1550-9389, E-ISSN 1550-9397, Vol. 20, no 1, p. 111-119Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Study Objectives: Preliminary evidence suggests that the risk of Long COVID is higher among people with pre-existing medical conditions. Based on its proven adjuvant role in immunity, habitual sleep duration may alter the risk of developing Long COVID. The objective of this study was to determine whether the odds of Long COVID are higher among those with pre-existing medical conditions, and whether the strength of this association varies by habitual sleep duration. Methods: Using data from 13,461 respondents from 16 countries who participated in the 2021 survey -based International COVID Sleep Study II (ICOSS II), we studied the associations between habitual sleep duration, pre-existing medical conditions, and Long COVID. Results: Of 2,508 individuals who had COVID-19, 61% reported at least 1 Long COVID symptom. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of having Long COVID was 1.8 -fold higher for average -length sleepers (6-9 h/night) with pre-existing medical conditions compared with those without pre-existing medical conditions (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.84 [1.18-2.90]; P = .008). The risk of Long COVID was 3 -fold higher for short sleepers with pre-existing medical conditions (aOR 2.95 [1.04-8.4]; P = .043) and not significantly higher for long sleepers with pre-existing conditions (aOR 2.11 [0.93-4.77]; P = .073) compared with average -length sleepers without pre-existing conditions. Conclusions: Habitual short nighttime sleep duration exacerbated the risk of Long COVID in individuals with pre-existing conditions. Restoring nighttime sleep to average duration represents a potentially modifiable behavioral factor to lower the odds of Long COVID for at -risk patients.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER ACAD SLEEP MEDICINE , 2024. Vol. 20, no 1, p. 111-119
Keywords [en]
long COVID; COVID-19; sleep duration; pre-existing medical conditions; International COVID Sleep Study Survey; ICOSS II
National Category
Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-203137DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.10818ISI: 001199768400019PubMedID: 37858285Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181532770OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-203137DiVA, id: diva2:1855319
Available from: 2024-04-30 Created: 2024-04-30 Last updated: 2025-08-14

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full textPubMedScopus

Authority records

Landtblom, Anne-Marie

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Landtblom, Anne-Marie
By organisation
Division of NeurobiologyFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
In the same journal
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM)
Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn
Total: 127 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf