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(2) Sleep disturbances increased the risk of depression, anxiety, and stress (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). (3) Gender, age, education, occupation, frequency of attending to epidemic information, nervousness about supplies, receiving provisions of living necessities from the service department during the outbreak, number of correct responses to questions about the epidemic, and isolation\/quarantine affected the risk of mental health problems among participants experiencing sleep disturbances (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). (4) A moderation analysis found that sleep problems were more likely to affect depression, anxiety, and stress scores in men than women during the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> During the COVID-19 outbreak, 26.08% people surveyed experienced sleep disturbances, and the presence of sleep disturbances was positively related to depression, anxiety, and stress, especially among front-line anti-epidemic workers, younger people, people living in isolation\/quarantine, people with a college or greater education, and males.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.615867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,28]],"date-time":"2021-05-28T05:38:52Z","timestamp":1622180332000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Epidemiology of Sleep Disturbances and Their Effect on Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Large National Study in China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Xilong","family":"Cui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuqiong","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jingbo","family":"Gong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xuerong","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jianbo","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"102092","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajp.2020.102092","article-title":"Epidemic of COVID-19 in China and associated psychological problems","volume":"51","author":"Ahmed","year":"2020","journal-title":"Asian J. 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