Nightmare frequency and nightmare distress during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anellka Remedios, Silvia Marin-Dragu, Francis Routledge, Sara Hamm, Ravishankar Subramani Iyer, Matt Orr, Sandra Meier, Schredl Michael

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Study Objectives: The current study investigated nightmare frequency and distress during the pandemic and associated factors. Methods: Participants (n = 1,718) completed a survey, 747 of which were youth. The MADRE dream questionnaire was used to collect self-reported data on nightmare frequency and distress. In addition, personality traits, current stressors, and COVID-related anxiety were also measured. An ordinal regression model was used for statistical analysis, and P < .05 was considered significant. Results: The findings from this study suggest (1) COVID-related anxiety is associated with the frequency of nightmares and the severity of nightmare distress experienced by a person, and (2) findings support the continuity hypothesis, which suggests waking life experiences are related to nightmares and (3) increased COVID-related anxiety contributes independently to nightmare frequency. COVID-related anxiety appeared to be more prevalent within adults (P < .001, effect size = 0.18) compared to youth. Similar results were found for nightmare distress. Conclusions: The risk of nightmares may have increased due to disruptions in mental health and sleep caused by the COVID-19 crisis. These findings may be important in clinician efforts to understand nightmares and the risk of problematic sleep during the pandemic.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)163-169
Número de páginas7
PublicaciónJournal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Volumen19
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - ene. 1 2023

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Funding Information:
All authors have seen and approved this manuscript. Work for this study was performed at Dalhousie University. Dr. Meier has received consultant fees from FRAYME; the other authors report no conflicts of interest. This study was funded by an award from Nova Scotia COVID-19 Health Research Coalition to Dr. Meier.

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Copyright 2023 American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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  • General Medicine

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  • Journal Article

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