4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep | Sleeping With Science

Transcriber: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer:

The COVID pandemic has changed sleep in at least four different ways:

Translator: Rupesh Gautam Reviewer: Nirajan Thapa

कोभिड महामारीले कम्तिमा चार फरक तरिकामा निद्रामा परिवर्तन ल्याएको छ:

quantity, quality, timing and dreaming.

मात्रा, गुणस्तर, समय र सपना।

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The first is sleep quantity.

पहिलो निद्राको मात्रा हो।

A study conducted across Europe,

एक अध्ययन जुन युरोपभर,

as well as the US and Asia,

साथै अमेरिका र एसियामा गरिएको थियो,

found that on average people were sleeping around 25 minutes more each night

त्यसले यो देखाएको छ कि औसतमा मानिसहरू हरेक रात लगभग २५ मिनेट थप सुतिरहेका छन्

during the pandemic.

यो महामारीको समयमा।

Second, there has been a change in sleep quality.

दोस्रो, निद्राको गुणस्तरमा परिवर्तन आएको छ।

Now, sleep has of course been a real challenge

यो महामारीको समयमा हामीमध्ये धेरैको लागि

for many of us during the pandemic.

निद्रा पक्कै एक वास्तविक चुनौती भएको छ।

And indeed, in the US,

र वास्तवमा, अमेरिकामा,

almost 60 percent of people felt

लगभग ६० प्रतिशत मानिसहरूले महसुस गरे

that the quality of their sleep had become worse during the pandemic.

कि महामारीको समयमा उनीहरुको निद्राको गुणस्तर झन् खराब भएको थियो।

However, 40 percent of the people didn’t feel

तर, ४० प्रतिशत मानिसले यो महसुस गरेनन् कि

that their sleep was any worse,

उनीहरुको निद्रा बिग्रिएको थियो,

so there seems to be quite a difference in the response across individuals

त्यसैले निद्राको गुणस्तर र महामारीको सवालमा

when it comes to sleep quality and the pandemic.

व्यक्तिहरुका प्रतिकृयामा धेरै भिन्नता देखिन्छ।

The third change we’ve discovered concerns sleep timing.

हामीले पत्ता लगाएको तेस्रो खोज चाँहि सुत्ने समयसँग सम्बन्धित छ ।

Since many people didn’t have to commute to work

जहाँसम्म धेरै मानिसहरुलाई काममा जाँदा

or get the kids to school in the morning,

वा बच्चालाई स्कूल छोड्न बिहानै यात्रा गर्नु नपरेकाले

on average, people were going to bed later

औसतमा, महामारीको समयमा मानिसहरू ढिलो गरी ओच्छ्यानमा गएथे

and waking up later during the pandemic.

र ढिलै गरी उठिरहेका थिए ।

And I think this is a case of “Revenge of the Night Owls.”

र मलाई लाग्छ कि यो “लाटोकोशेरो प्रवृतीको बदला” हो।

And I see it as one of the positive consequences

र म यसलाई यो महामारीका सकारात्मक नतिजाहरु मध्ये

that came out of the pandemic.

एक नतिजाका रुपमा लिन्छु।

The fourth change is that people reported dreaming more

चौथो परिवर्तन भनेको मानिसहरुले निद्रामा थप सपना देखेको बताए

and also having COVID-related dreams.

र कोभिड-सम्बन्धित सपनाहरू पनि देखेको बताए।

And this is likely due to the fact

र यसको सम्भावित कारण

that people were sleeping later into the morning,

मानिसहरु बिहान ढिलोसम्म सुतेकाले हुन सक्छ,

which is the time when we get most of our dream sleep,

जुन समय हामी धेरैजसो सपना देख्ने निन्द्रामा हुन्छौँ।

and the fact that dreaming helps us deal with emotional trauma.

तथ्य यो छ कि सपनाले हामीलाई भावनात्मक आघातको सामना गर्न मद्दत गर्दछ।

However, there are many essential questions that still remain.

यद्यपि, धेरै अत्यावश्यक प्रश्नहरू अझै अनुत्तरित छन्।

One that I am particularly interested in answering

मलाई विशेषगरी जवाफ दिन रुचि भएको एउटा प्रश्न यो हो

is whether or not a lack of sleep before getting your COVID shot,

कि कोभिड-विरुद्धको खोप अथवा बुस्टर खोप लगाउनु अगाडिको

or your COVID booster in the future,

निद्राको कमीले

changes the effectiveness of that vaccination,

खोपको प्रभावकारितामा फरक पार्छ कि पार्दैन,

just as we know it does with your annual flu shot.

जस्तो यसले फ्लूको खोपको प्रभावकारीतामा फरक पार्दछ

What we do know for certain though is this:

हामीलाई निश्चित रूपमा यो थाहा छ कि:

your sleep health is intimately related to your immune health.

तपाईंको निद्रा स्वास्थ्य प्रतिरक्षा - स्वास्थ्यसँग घनिष्ठ रूपमा सम्बन्धित छ।

Said simply:

सरल रूपमा भन्दा:

sleep is a life support system.

निद्रा एक जीवन सहायता प्रणाली हो।