Next Article in Journal
Evaluation of Stoffenmanager and a New Exposure Model for Estimating Occupational Exposure to Styrene in the Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics Lamination Process
Next Article in Special Issue
Internalized Stigmatization, Social Support, and Individual Mental Health Problems in the Public Health Crisis
Previous Article in Journal
Environments, Behaviors, and Inequalities: Reflecting on the Impacts of the Influenza and Coronavirus Pandemics in the United States
Previous Article in Special Issue
Related Health Factors of Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
Journals
IJERPH
Volume 17
Issue 12
10.3390/ijerph17124479
ijerph-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Edit a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share announcement question_answer thumb_up
...
textsms
...
Article

COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance and Suicidal Thoughts among the Taiwanese Public: A Facebook Survey

by
Dian-Jeng Li
1,2,
Nai-Ying Ko
3,
Yi-Lung Chen
4,5,
Peng-Wei Wang
1,6,
Yu-Ping Chang
7,
Cheng-Fang Yen
1,6,* and
Wei-Hsin Lu
8,9,*
1
Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
2
Department of Addiction Science, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung 80276, Taiwan
3
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
4
Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
5
Department of Psychology, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
6
Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
7
School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, New York, NY 14214-3079, USA
8
Department of Psychiatry, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi City 60002, Taiwan
9
Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan 71710, Taiwan
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(12), 4479; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124479
Received: 28 May 2020 / Revised: 16 June 2020 / Accepted: 17 June 2020 / Published: 22 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19)
View Full-Text Download PDF Review Reports

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted many aspects of people’s lives all over the world. This Facebook survey study aimed to investigate the COVID-19-related factors that were associated with sleep disturbance and suicidal thoughts among members of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. The online survey recruited 1970 participants through a Facebook advertisement. Their self-reported experience of sleep disturbance and suicidal thoughts in the previous week were collected along with a number of COVID-19-related factors, including level of worry, change in social interaction and daily lives, any academic/occupational interference, levels of social and specific support, and self-reported physical health. In total, 55.8% of the participants reported sleep disturbance, and 10.8% reported having suicidal thoughts in the previous week. Multiple COVID-19-related factors were associated with sleep disturbance and suicidal thoughts in the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased worry about COVID-19, more severe impact of COVID-19 on social interaction, lower perceived social support, more severe academic/occupational interference due to COVID-19, lower COVID-19-specified support, and poorer self-reported physical health were significantly associated with sleep disturbance. Less handwashing, lower perceived social support, lower COVID-19-specified support, poorer self-reported physical health, and younger age were significantly associated with suicidal thoughts. Further investigation is needed to understand the changes in mental health among the public since the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. View Full-Text
Keywords: COVID-19; sleep disturbance; suicidal thoughts; social activities; predictors COVID-19; sleep disturbance; suicidal thoughts; social activities; predictors
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Supplementary Material

SciFeed

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Li, D.-J.; Ko, N.-Y.; Chen, Y.-L.; Wang, P.-W.; Chang, Y.-P.; Yen, C.-F.; Lu, W.-H. COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance and Suicidal Thoughts among the Taiwanese Public: A Facebook Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4479. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124479

AMA Style

Li D-J, Ko N-Y, Chen Y-L, Wang P-W, Chang Y-P, Yen C-F, Lu W-H. COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance and Suicidal Thoughts among the Taiwanese Public: A Facebook Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(12):4479. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124479

Chicago/Turabian Style

Li, Dian-Jeng, Nai-Ying Ko, Yi-Lung Chen, Peng-Wei Wang, Yu-Ping Chang, Cheng-Fang Yen, and Wei-Hsin Lu. 2020. "COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance and Suicidal Thoughts among the Taiwanese Public: A Facebook Survey" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12: 4479. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124479

Find Other Styles
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Article Access Map by Country/Region

1
Back to TopTop