Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.12.005
Bridgette René McCullough MSL
{"title":"Sleeping while Black: A bioethics of rest, witness, & repair","authors":"Bridgette René McCullough MSL","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145829011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.09.010
Emily A. Abel PhD , Sally Ozonoff PhD , Thomas F. Anders MD , A.J. Schwichtenberg PhD
{"title":"Capturing typical toddler sleep in context: A videosomnography study","authors":"Emily A. Abel PhD , Sally Ozonoff PhD , Thomas F. Anders MD , A.J. Schwichtenberg PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Sleep is a common concern raised at well-child visits, which may stem in part from parental uncertainty around what is expected for toddler sleep. Despite recent attempts to classify normative sleep using large samples, there are notable gaps in existing studies and how they inform parental sleep expectations. Most studies use parent reports and community samples that likely include children with developmental concerns. Thus, we aimed to characterize variations that parents can expect for sleep within typical development.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Nighttime sleep patterns of typical development toddlers were explored using videosomnography, a video-based measure of sleep behaviors. Participants included 71 toddlers (female <em>n<!--> <!-->=<!--> </em>31, 44%; White <em>n<!--> </em>=<!--> <!-->60, 85%) drawn from 2 larger prospective studies. In this cross-sectional sample, sleep was recorded in the home at 18 (<em>n<!--> </em>=<!--> <!-->15), 24 (<em>n<!--> </em>=<!--> <!-->36), or 36 (<em>n<!--> </em>=<!--> <!-->20) months, and toddlers were classified as typical development at 30 or 36 months based on detailed developmental monitoring.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Children woke .65 times per night on average, ranging from 0-2.75. For children with wakings, the average duration per waking was 17.09 minutes (range = 2.0-128.50 minutes). Children required parental intervention to fall back to sleep for 49% of wakings. Most children fell asleep and woke in their own bed (95%) and did not have a parent present at sleep onset (88%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Behaviors such as night waking can be a normative part of early development for toddlers without developmental concerns. Findings from our study may be useful for helping families set realistic expectations about their child’s sleep during toddlerhood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 137-146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145453722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.011
Kayla T. Johnson PhD, MS , Rachel Widome PhD, MHS, Nicole Larson PhD, MPH, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer PhD, MPH
{"title":"Changes in sleep from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from the Eating and Activity over Time 2010-2018 Study","authors":"Kayla T. Johnson PhD, MS , Rachel Widome PhD, MHS, Nicole Larson PhD, MPH, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer PhD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The transition from adolescence to young adulthood, a period marked with changes to one’s biology and social context, may be an important period for establishing long-term sleep behaviors. The present study identified changes in weekday and weekend sleep duration, trouble sleeping, and fatigue from adolescence to young adulthood, and evaluated sex and socioeconomic status differences in these sleep measures.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Study participants (N = 1559) completed surveys in adolescence (2010; <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 14.3) and young adulthood (2018; <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 22.0). Mixed linear and logistic regression models were used to assess differences in sleep metrics at each time point and over time, and differences based on sex and socioeconomic status.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Around 43% of adolescents were not meeting minimum weekday sleep recommendations and average weekday sleep duration was shorter in adolescence (8.1 hours) compared to young adulthood (8.3 hours). During adolescence, the low socioeconomic status group had the shortest weekday sleep duration compared to other socioeconomic status groups, but by young adulthood, all socioeconomic status groups slept for similar durations. Although longer sleep duration was reported on average in young adulthood, a greater proportion of young adults, compared to adolescents, reported fatigue and trouble sleeping. The low socioeconomic status group and females reported more fatigue and trouble sleeping than their counterparts at both adolescence and in young adulthood.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings suggest a need for sleep interventions that prioritize weekday sleep duration in adolescence, particularly among low socioeconomic status groups, and in young adulthood, there is a need to address fatigue and trouble sleeping, particularly among females.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 85-92"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145641305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.006
Michael B. Fawale FMCP , Isiaka A. Ismaila FWACP , Abubakar A. Kulima FWACS, FMCOG , Adekunle Mustapha FMCP
{"title":"Insomnia in pregnancy: Possible associations with birth spacing, family functioning, and spousal age difference in a Nigerian population","authors":"Michael B. Fawale FMCP , Isiaka A. Ismaila FWACP , Abubakar A. Kulima FWACS, FMCOG , Adekunle Mustapha FMCP","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to characterize insomnia and determine its associations in a sub-Saharan African population of pregnant women.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Insomnia was assessed using the Women’s Health Initiative Insomnia Scale in an antenatal clinic sample of 310 pregnant women. They were screened for anxiety and depressive symptoms using the 4-item Patient Health Questionnaire and health-related quality of life was evaluated using SF-12. The participant’s perception of family functioning was assessed using the Family APGAR scale. Sociodemographic, obstetric, and clinical data were collected along with blood and urine samples for hematocrit and urinary protein, respectively. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Yobe State Health Research Ethical Committee. Data analysis was performed with the SPSS software (SPSS, version 16.0), with a p value of <.05 considered statistically significant.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The Women’s Health Initiative Insomnia Scale identified 42.9% of our sample of pregnant women experienced insomnia. The prevalence of insomnia increased significantly from 33.7% in the second trimester to 47.1% in the third trimester. Factors independently associated with higher odds of insomnia in pregnancy were advancing gestation, poorer family functioning, having a child under 2 years, and smaller spousal age differences.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study found that insomnia in pregnancy is common and is linked to advancing gestational age, short child spacing, family dysfunction, and smaller spousal age difference. The findings highlight the importance of promoting adequate child spacing and addressing family dynamics to support better sleep health in pregnant women.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 113-120"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145574910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.008
Joshua R. Freeman PhD , Jennifer Zink PhD , Marissa M. Shams-White PhD , Dana L. Wolff-Hughes PhD , Wayne R. Lawrence DrPH , Samuel R. LaMunion PhD , Daniel E. Russ PhD , Jonas S. Almeida PhD , Hyokyoung G. Hong PhD , Hayden A. Hayes MSc , Pedro F. Saint-Maurice PhD , Charles E. Matthews PhD
{"title":"Monitoring sleep duration, timing, and continuity among US youth and adults in NHANES using actigraphy","authors":"Joshua R. Freeman PhD , Jennifer Zink PhD , Marissa M. Shams-White PhD , Dana L. Wolff-Hughes PhD , Wayne R. Lawrence DrPH , Samuel R. LaMunion PhD , Daniel E. Russ PhD , Jonas S. Almeida PhD , Hyokyoung G. Hong PhD , Hayden A. Hayes MSc , Pedro F. Saint-Maurice PhD , Charles E. Matthews PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Sleep health differs across the life course and by sex, poverty-income ratio (PIR), and race and ethnicity. Monitoring sleep is important for informing interventions to improve sleep heath. Our objective was to explore and describe sleep characteristics among a nationally-representative US sample by age, sex, PIR, and race and ethnicity.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data came from n=13,656 US residents aged 3–80 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011–2014). Participants wore an ActiGraph GT3X+ on their wrist for ≤7 days to assess sleep. We used GGIR (v. 3.0.0) to derive sleep duration, sleep onset, sleep midpoint, waketime, wake after sleep onset (WASO), and social jetlag. Participant characteristics were self-reported. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS v. 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC) and accounted for complex sampling designs. We used Time-Varying Effect Models to model sleep by age.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Sleep duration was shorter with greater age. Sleep onset, midpoint, and waketime were latest among those aged 10–30 years. Social jetlag followed a similar distribution. WASO was highest among children and was lower with greater age. Females generally slept more than males. Adults with low PIR tended to have worse sleep compared with adults with higher PIR. Compared with Non-Hispanic White adults, Hispanic, Non-Hispanic Asian, and Non-Hispanic Black adults had shorter sleep duration and higher WASO. Non-Hispanic Black adults had the highest social jetlag.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We described sleep health in the US, including relevant population subgroups. These findings may help prioritize public health interventions to improve sleep health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 104-112"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145565987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.013
Zhihao Xiao PhD, Cheng Xu PhD
{"title":"Response to association of sleep patterns with microvascular complications in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study","authors":"Zhihao Xiao PhD, Cheng Xu PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 160-161"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145606905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-11DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.005
Yujia (Susanna) Qiao PhD , Terri Blackwell MA , Dorothy M. Chen MPH , Jamie M. Zeitzer PhD , Sonia Ancoli-Israel PhD , Alexander B. Posner MPH , Susan Redline MD, MPH , Gregory J. Tranah PhD , Kristine Yaffe MD , Katie L. Stone PhD , on behalf of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group
{"title":"Circadian rest-activity rhythms and physical function in community-dwelling older men: The MrOS sleep study","authors":"Yujia (Susanna) Qiao PhD , Terri Blackwell MA , Dorothy M. Chen MPH , Jamie M. Zeitzer PhD , Sonia Ancoli-Israel PhD , Alexander B. Posner MPH , Susan Redline MD, MPH , Gregory J. Tranah PhD , Kristine Yaffe MD , Katie L. Stone PhD , on behalf of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Circadian rest-activity rhythms (RARs) reflect ones' physical activity and sleep patterns over the 24-hour day, correlating with cardiometabolic risk, fall risk, and cognitive decline. Physical function also declines with advancing age, leading to disability and increased risk of mortality. Thus, we examined the associations between rest-activity rhythms and physical function in older men.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study, 2924 men (age = 76.3<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->5.5 years old, 90% white) completed the sleep ancillary study (baseline) with valid wrist-worn accelerometry data and physical function measures. Physical function measures included the following: 6-meter gait speed, chair stand speed, and grip strength, assessed at baseline and up to 4 follow-up visits over 6.4<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->3.9 years. Using 3 approaches to quantify rest-activity rhythms (functional principal components analysis, parametric, and non-parametric approaches), we evaluated cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between baseline rest-activity rhythm patterns and decline in physical function using mixed-effects models, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and medical covariates.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Less strength of rest-activity rhythm (ie, principal component 1, amplitude, and relative amplitude) and lower regularity (pseudo-F statistic) were both cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with poorer physical function, particularly with gait speed and chair stand speed. Yet, significant associations between timing-related rest-activity rhythm exposures and chair stand speed were only observed cross-sectionally. Overall, the magnitude of associations differed slightly across rest-activity rhythm estimation approaches and more substantially by physical function measures.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Rest-activity rhythms might be a potential risk modifiable factor to target for intervention in future studies if aiming to maintain better physical function, particularly lower extremity function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 93-103"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145507637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sleep HealthPub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.010
Mathias Basner MD, PhD, MScEpi
{"title":"Why smartphones should be silenced during sleep","authors":"Mathias Basner MD, PhD, MScEpi","doi":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleh.2025.10.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48545,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Health","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 12-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145641353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}