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Título

School Community Sleep in Positive and Negative Subjects for COVID-19

Introdução

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, was an event that impacted the population in different ways, from problems related to concerns about being affected by the disease to measures of distancing and social isolation. Social, commercial and work relationships have changed, and school relationships have changed as well. The school population, which includes students, teachers and technicians, had a few days to adapt to a new teaching format.

Objetivo

This study aimed to analyze the sleep habits of students, administrative technicians and teachers during the social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Métodos

This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal Institute of Tocantins with code aprovation 4,179,906 . The present research is characterized as descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative approach in which intra and intergroup comparative tests were performed, through the collection of information sleep habits. The data presented in this study correspond to the extract of participants residing in the state of Tocantins and was collected between September and October 2020 by SurveyMonkey. A total of 248 participants collaborated with this research by answering the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) online questionnaire, being: 184 students; 25 administrative technicians and 39 teachers.

Resultados

No differences were observed in sleep duration between the three groups during the days of weeks and days free, but between students and technicians (p=0.038) and students and teachers (p=0.001) at the beginning of sleep, and a time that raises (p=0.001) on weekdays. Multiple comparations indicated differences between students and teachers (p=0.002) in sleep start and bed rise (p<0.001). 23 subjects tested positive for COVID-19 at some point before collection, and they had a later sleep start time (01:43 ± 02:33 vs 00:44 ± 02:20; p=0.059) and shorter sleep duration (06:00 ± 02:01 vs 07:00 ± 02:03; p= 0.029) on weekdays, when compared with non-positive volunteers.

Conclusões

The three groups presented similar sleep duration, but with differences in the beginning and end of sleep on weekdays, which can be explained by the sleep anthogenesis itself and working characteristics in the remote format. However, differences in sleep onset and duration between COVID-19 positive and negative subjects may indicate sleep disorders after infection.

Palavras -chave

School - COVID - Tocantins.