The Bidirectional Associations Between Insomnia and Psychotic-Like Experiences Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dongfang Wang,1,2,* Liang Zhou,1,* Jiali Wang,3 Meng Sun1 1Department of Social Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Psychology, Centre for Studies of Psychological Appl...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba5efd982abd4160b9cd3d46a2b7e5192021-12-02T19:33:47ZThe Bidirectional Associations Between Insomnia and Psychotic-Like Experiences Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic1179-1608https://doaj.org/article/ba5efd982abd4160b9cd3d46a2b7e5192021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/the-bidirectional-associations-between-insomnia-and-psychotic-like-exp-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NSShttps://doaj.org/toc/1179-1608Dongfang Wang,1,2,* Liang Zhou,1,* Jiali Wang,3 Meng Sun1 1Department of Social Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Psychology, Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meng SunDepartment of Social Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), 36 Mingxin Road, Fangcun, Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510370, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail sunmengjw0701@163.comStudy Objectives: Previous literature supports that insomnia is predictive of subsequent psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in the general population. However, there is a lack of empirical data on the reverse causality between the two variables and on the correlation between the symptom severity of insomnia and PLEs. This study aimed to explore the bidirectional associations between insomnia and PLEs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A total of 938 students aged 14– 25 years completed both waves of the survey before and during the pandemic (the first wave: October 2019 to November 2019; the second wave: April 2020 to May 2020). PLEs were assessed using the 15-item positive subscale of the community assessment of psychic experiences (CAPE-P15), and insomnia was assessed using three questions on difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and early morning awakening.Results: Students with baseline insomnia were more likely to exhibit new-onset PLEs during the pandemic (OR: 5.13, 95% CI: 2.54– 10.38), while no significant predictive effect of insomnia was found for the persistence and severity of PLEs. Meanwhile, baseline PLEs not only predicted the presence of insomnia during the pandemic (OR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.25– 3.65) but also correlated with its severity (B: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.47– 1.31).Conclusion: The study provides the first piece of evidence for the bidirectional association between insomnia and PLEs in the general population. However, although insomnia has an important predictive role in the occurrence of PLEs, it does not predict the persistence and development of PLEs, suggesting that there is a more complex mechanism underlying the process.Keywords: insomnia, psychotic-like experiences, COVID-19Wang DZhou LWang JSun MDove Medical Pressarticleinsomniapsychotic-like experiencescovid-19PsychiatryRC435-571Neurophysiology and neuropsychologyQP351-495ENNature and Science of Sleep, Vol Volume 13, Pp 2029-2037 (2021)
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topic insomnia
psychotic-like experiences
covid-19
Psychiatry
RC435-571
Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
QP351-495
spellingShingle insomnia
psychotic-like experiences
covid-19
Psychiatry
RC435-571
Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
QP351-495
Wang D
Zhou L
Wang J
Sun M
The Bidirectional Associations Between Insomnia and Psychotic-Like Experiences Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
description Dongfang Wang,1,2,* Liang Zhou,1,* Jiali Wang,3 Meng Sun1 1Department of Social Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Psychology, Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meng SunDepartment of Social Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), 36 Mingxin Road, Fangcun, Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510370, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail sunmengjw0701@163.comStudy Objectives: Previous literature supports that insomnia is predictive of subsequent psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in the general population. However, there is a lack of empirical data on the reverse causality between the two variables and on the correlation between the symptom severity of insomnia and PLEs. This study aimed to explore the bidirectional associations between insomnia and PLEs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A total of 938 students aged 14– 25 years completed both waves of the survey before and during the pandemic (the first wave: October 2019 to November 2019; the second wave: April 2020 to May 2020). PLEs were assessed using the 15-item positive subscale of the community assessment of psychic experiences (CAPE-P15), and insomnia was assessed using three questions on difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and early morning awakening.Results: Students with baseline insomnia were more likely to exhibit new-onset PLEs during the pandemic (OR: 5.13, 95% CI: 2.54– 10.38), while no significant predictive effect of insomnia was found for the persistence and severity of PLEs. Meanwhile, baseline PLEs not only predicted the presence of insomnia during the pandemic (OR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.25– 3.65) but also correlated with its severity (B: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.47– 1.31).Conclusion: The study provides the first piece of evidence for the bidirectional association between insomnia and PLEs in the general population. However, although insomnia has an important predictive role in the occurrence of PLEs, it does not predict the persistence and development of PLEs, suggesting that there is a more complex mechanism underlying the process.Keywords: insomnia, psychotic-like experiences, COVID-19
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