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: Daniela Kšinská Reviewer: Martin Polakovič

Pandémia Covid-19 zmenila náš spánok aspoň štyrmi spôsobmi:

quantity, quality, timing and dreaming.

kvantitu, kvalitu, načasovanie a snívanie.

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The first is sleep quantity.

Začnime kvantitou.

A study conducted across Europe,

Výskum v celej Európe,

as well as the US and Asia,

ako aj USA a Ázii

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

dospel k výsledku, že priemerný človek spal každú noc o 25 minút viac

during the pandemic.

než pred pandémiou.

Second, there has been a change in sleep quality.

Taktiež sa zmenila kvalita spánku.

Now, sleep has of course been a real challenge

Samozrejme, pre mnohých z nás bol spánok

for many of us during the pandemic.

počas pandémie skutočnou výzvou.

And indeed, in the US,

A naozaj, v USA

almost 60 percent of people felt

takmer 60 percent obyvateľov pociťovalo

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

zhoršenú kvalitu spánku v období pandémie.

However, 40 percent of the people didn’t feel

Avšak 40 percent obyvateľov nemalo pocit,

that their sleep was any worse,

že by sa ich spánok zhoršil,

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

takže môžeme pozorovať pomerne rozdielne odpovede medzi jednotlivcami,

when it comes to sleep quality and the pandemic.

keď hovoríme o kvalite spánku a pandémii.

The third change we’ve discovered concerns sleep timing.

Tretia zmena, ktorú sme spozorovali, sa týka spánkového načasovania.

Since many people didn’t have to commute to work

Keďže množstvo ľudí nemuselo za prácou dochádzať

or get the kids to school in the morning,

či voziť deti ráno do školy,

on average, people were going to bed later

v priemere šli ľudia spať neskôr,

and waking up later during the pandemic.

a tiež sa počas pandémie aj neskôr budili.

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

Podľa mňa ide o prípad “Pomsty nočných vtákov.”

And I see it as one of the positive consequences

Podľa mňa sa jedná o jeden z pozitívnych dopadov

that came out of the pandemic.

tejto pandémie.

The fourth change is that people reported dreaming more

Štvrtá zmena sa týka zvýšeného snívania,

and also having COVID-related dreams.

a ľuďom sa taktiež sníva o Covide.

And this is likely due to the fact

Je to zrejme spôsobené tým,

that people were sleeping later into the morning,

že ľudia ráno spali dlhšie,

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

vtedy sa nám sníva najviac,

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

a sny nám taktiež pomáhajú vyrovnať sa s emočnou traumou.

However, there are many essential questions that still remain.

Avšak mnoho základných otázok zostáva nezodpovedaných.

One that I am particularly interested in answering

Jedna, na ktorú by som obzvlášť rád odpovedal,

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

je či nedostatok spánok pred očkovaním proti Covidu

or your COVID booster in the future,

či budúcej posilňujúcej dávke

changes the effectiveness of that vaccination,

zmení účinnosť očkovania,

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

tak ako sa to deje aj pri každoročnom očkovaní proti chrípke.

What we do know for certain though is this:

S istotou však vieme povedať nasledovné:

your sleep health is intimately related to your immune health.

vaše spánkové zdravie je úzko spojené s imunitným zdravím.

Said simply:

Zjednodušene povedané:

sleep is a life support system.

spánok podporuje životaschopnosť.