The Need to Pay Attention to the Circadian Rhythm of Sleep during the Pandemic of Covid-19

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Sleep Sciences 2476-2938 5 1 2020 09 30 The Need to Pay Attention to the Circadian Rhythm of Sleep during the Pandemic of Covid-19 165 165 Soroush Maazinezhad Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Leeba Rezaie Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Behnam Khaledipaveh Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran 2020 04 29 2020 06 22 The circadian rhythm of sleep (CRS) in humans, as an automatic biological clock, regulates the stages of sleep and wakefulness during 24 hours. However, this is not the only function of this cycle. Research shows that the CRS can play an important role in the process of energy metabolism in the body. There are also hypotheses that it affects diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Disruption of this natural rhythm can lead to metabolic imbalances in the human body and increases the risk of disorders in blood glucose regulation,blood lipids, cardiovascular system, and immune system (1, 2). https://jss.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jss/article/view/165