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The aim is to explore how weekday sleep duration was affected by COVID-19 lockdown compared to previous years.

May 8, 2026Open Access

Correlates of weekday sleep duration before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from two Austrian national surveys from 2017 and 2020

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The aim is to explore how weekday sleep duration was affected by COVID-19 lockdown compared to previous years.
Analyzed data from two national surveys conducted in Austria in 2017 and 2020.
Evaluated established determinants and COVID-related factors impacting sleep duration.
COVID-related factors significantly contributed to the variations in sleep duration during the lockdown.
Highlighting the need for incorporating social context in future studies.

Abstract

) from 0.26 to 0.31. Beyond established determinants, COVID-related factors contributed substantially to explain variation in sleep duration during the lockdown. Our findings underscore the importance of incorporating context-specific covariables in future surveys to capture behavioural adaptations, e.g. during societal crises.

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Jürgen Degenfellner

Stefan Seidel

Kyriaki Papantoniou

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Chronobiology International

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Harvard University

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Medical University of Vienna

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