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Web searches for insomnia surged at height of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

Web searches for insomnia surged at height of COVID-19 - افزایش قابل توجه جستجوی کلمه بی خوابی در زمان خانه نشینی کرونایی

A study found a significant increase in the number of online search queries for “insomnia” between April and May 2020, when governments across the U.S. and around the world implemented stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results show there were 2.77 million Google searches for insomnia in the U.S. for the first five months of 2020, an increase of 58% compared with the same period from the previous three years. While searches for insomnia trended downward from January through March 2020, consistent with prior years, they surged upward in April and May 2020. This increase also was associated with the cumulative number of COVID-19-related deaths in the spring.

The study is published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Release date: 18 November 2020
Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine