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Time Spent Outdoors and Associations with Sleep, Optimism, Happiness and Health before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria.
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Clocks & Sleep . Sep2023, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p358-372. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Social restriction measures (SRM) implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a reduction in time spent outdoors (TSO). The aim of this study was to describe TSO and evaluate its association with sleep outcomes, optimism, happiness and health-status before and during SRM. Two online surveys were conducted in 2017 (N = 1004) and 2020, during SRM (N = 1010), in samples representative of the age, sex and region of the Austrian population. Information on the duration of TSO, sleep, optimism, happiness and health-status was collected. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models were used to study the association of TSO with chronic insomnia, short sleep, late chronotype, optimism, happiness and self-rated health-status. The mean TSO was 3.6 h (SD: 2.18) in 2017 and 2.6 h (SD: 1.87) during times of SRM. Men and participants who were older, married or in a partnership and lived in a rural area reported longer TSO. Participants who spent less time outdoors were more likely to report short sleep or a late chronotype in both surveys and, in 2020, also chronic insomnia. Less TSO was associated with lower happiness and optimism levels and poor health-status. Our findings suggest that TSO may be a protective factor for sleep, mood and health, particularly during stressful and uncertain times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19 pandemic
*SLEEP duration
*OPTIMISM
*HAPPINESS
*CHRONOTYPE
*SLEEP
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26245175
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clocks & Sleep
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172393097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep5030027