Lucid dreaming increased during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey

dc.contributor.authorNunes, Priscilla Kelly da Silva Barros
dc.contributor.authorMacêdo, T
dc.contributor.authorFelipe, T
dc.contributor.authorMaia, M
dc.contributor.authorSuely, A
dc.contributor.authorHerminia, G
dc.contributor.authorJatahy, M
dc.contributor.authorGomes, L
dc.contributor.authorBarroso, L
dc.contributor.authorLima, Thiago Zaqueu de
dc.contributor.authorHolzinger, B
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes
dc.contributor.authorRolim, Sérgio Arthuro Mota
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T13:00:35Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T13:00:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-14
dc.description.resumoThe COVID-19 pandemic changed people's lives all over the world. While anxiety and stress decreased sleep quality for most people, an increase in total sleep time was also observed in certain cohorts. Dream recall frequency also increased, especially for nightmares. However, to date, there are no consistent reports focusing on pandemic-related changes in lucid dreaming, a state during which dreamers become conscious of being in a dream as it unfolds. Here we investigated lucid dreaming recall frequency and other sleep variables in 1,857 Brazilian subjects, using an online questionnaire. Firstly, we found that most participants (64.78%) maintained their lucid dream recall frequency during the pandemic, but a considerable fraction (22.62%) informed that lucid dreams became more frequent, whereas a smaller subset (12.60%) reported a decrease in these events during the pandemic. Secondly, the number of participants reporting lucid dreams at least once per week increased during the pandemic. Using a mixed logistic regression model, we confirmed that the pandemic significantly enhanced the recall frequency of lucid dreams (p = 0.002). Such increase in lucid dreaming during the pandemic was significantly associated with an enhancement in both dream and nightmare recall frequencies, as well as with sleep quality and symptoms of REM sleep behavior disorder. Pandemic-related increases in stress, anxiety, sleep fragmentation, and sleep extension, which enhance REM sleep awakening, may be associated with the increase in the occurrence of lucid dreams, dreams in general, and nightmarespt_BR
dc.identifier.citationKELLY, P.; MACÊDO, T.; FELIPE, T.; MAIA, M.; SUELY, A.; HERMINIA, G.; JATAHY, M.; GOMES, L.; BARROSO, L.; LIMA, T. Z.; HOLZINGER, B.; RIBEIRO, S.; MOTA-ROLIM, S. Lucid dreaming increased during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey. Plos One, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 9, p. e0273281, set. 2022. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273281. Disponível em: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273281. Acesso em: 21 set. 2022.pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0273281
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/49378
dc.languageenpt_BR
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)pt_BR
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Brazil*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/*
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_BR
dc.subjectLucid dreamingpt_BR
dc.subjectREM sleep behavior disorderpt_BR
dc.subjectSleep deprivationpt_BR
dc.titleLucid dreaming increased during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online surveypt_BR
dc.typearticlept_BR

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