Poor-quality sleep and irregular sleep could be important drivers of breathlessness in patients who were previously hospitalized for COVID-19, according to data.
that showed that 4 in 10 people with post-COVID syndrome had moderate to severe sleep problems. Black people were at least three times more likely than White people to experience sleep problems. A total of 59% of all participants with long COVID reported having normal sleep or mild sleep disturbances, and 41% reported having moderate to severe sleep disturbances.
Data were collected at two time points after hospital discharge: 2–7 months , and 10–14 months . At the early time point, participants were clinically assessed with respect to anxiety, muscle function, and dyspnea, and lung function. Both subjective metrics and objective, device-based metrics were found to be associated with dyspnea and reduced lung function in patients with post-COVID syndrome.
In comparison to nonhospitalized controls, also from the UK Biobank, study participants with lower sleep regularity had higher Dyspnea-12 scores . Those with poor sleep quality overall also had higher Dyspnea-12 scores , and those who reported sleep quality deterioration had higher Dyspnea-12 scores .
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