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: Irene Sætre Reviewer: Thomas Bedin

Koronapandemien har endret søvnmønsteret på minst fire forskjellige måter:

quantity, quality, timing and dreaming.

kvantitet, kvalitet, timing og drømming.

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The first is sleep quantity.

Først er det søvnkvantiteten.

A study conducted across Europe,

En studie utført i Europa,

as well as the US and Asia,

USA og Asia,

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

viste at folk sov gjennomsnittlig 25 minutter mer hver natt

during the pandemic.

i koronapandemien.

Second, there has been a change in sleep quality.

Det har også vært en endring i søvnkvalitet.

Now, sleep has of course been a real challenge

Søvn har vært en stor utfordring

for many of us during the pandemic.

for mange i pandemien.

And indeed, in the US,

I USA merket

almost 60 percent of people felt

nesten 60 prosent at

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

søvnkvaliteten hadde blitt dårligere i løpet av pandemien.

However, 40 percent of the people didn’t feel

40 prosent merket ingen endring

that their sleep was any worse,

i søvnmønsteret,

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

så det var store individuelle forskjeller i svarene

when it comes to sleep quality and the pandemic.

når det gjelder søvnkvalitet i pandemien.

The third change we’ve discovered concerns sleep timing.

Den tredje endringen dreier seg om søvntiming.

Since many people didn’t have to commute to work

Siden mange personer ikke måtte pendle til jobb

or get the kids to school in the morning,

eller få barna på skolen om morgenen,

on average, people were going to bed later

gikk folk til sengs senere

and waking up later during the pandemic.

og våknet senere.

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

Og jeg tror dette er et tilfelle av “B-menneskers hevn”

And I see it as one of the positive consequences

Og jeg ser det som en av de positive konsekvensene

that came out of the pandemic.

av pandemien.

The fourth change is that people reported dreaming more

Det fjerde er at folk rapporterte at de drømte mer

and also having COVID-related dreams.

og at de også hadde Covid-relaterte drømmer.

And this is likely due to the fact

Dette skyldes sannsynligvis at

that people were sleeping later into the morning,

folk sov lengre om morgenen,

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

som er tiden med mest drømmesøvn,

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

og at drømming hjelper oss til å bearbeide emosjonelle traumer.

However, there are many essential questions that still remain.

Det er imidlertid mange ubesvarte spørsmål.

One that I am particularly interested in answering

Et spørsmål som er spesielt interessant

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

er om mangel på søvn eller ikke før koronavaksinen,

or your COVID booster in the future,

eller fremtidige oppfrisningsdoser,

changes the effectiveness of that vaccination,

endrer effekten av vaksinen,

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

som det gjør med den årlige influensa-vaksinen.

What we do know for certain though is this:

Det vi med sikkerhet kan si er dette:

your sleep health is intimately related to your immune health.

søvnhelsen er tett relatert til immunforsvaret.

Said simply:

Kort sagt:

sleep is a life support system.

søvn er livsnødvendig.