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{"title":"Social media for students’ sleep health promotion – a health intervention report during COVID -19","authors":"MC Lopes ,&nbsp;GP Gutierres ,&nbsp;MB Pavoni ,&nbsp;ABSMM Mendes ,&nbsp;MB Campos ,&nbsp;IB Bastos ,&nbsp;BMB Barros ,&nbsp;H Salmazo ,&nbsp;K Spruyt","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has affected sleep health. Students' sleep health is essential for the performance of neuro-cognitive processes, as well as mental and physical balance. We assume the COVID19 pandemic has modified some sleep habits by prompting environmental and social interaction changes. In this study we surveyed a sample of 300 Brazilian students, with internet access, resident in the Federal District. They completed a questionnaire over two weeks in March 2020, i.e. the second and third week of the social isolation policy enacted in the Federal District due to COVID19. Valid responses from students aged18–24 years were analyzed. The sample was mostly female; 76,3% reported somnolence during the day, 70,2% anxiety and 87,8% worse sleep associated with stress and/or anxiety, which indicated the variables for an educational health intervention design in this context. Further, 53.2% made no effort to avoid screens before sleeping; 73.9% to avoid using the bed for work or watching television and 83.1% to avoid consuming heavy foods before sleeping. We then created an Instagram profile, @comodormimos, which focused on the main sleep issues revealed by participants in the survey. Posts on the profile were based on sleep-related subjects: sleep processes, sleep hygiene practices for students; sleep stages, function and regulation; and sleep-wake circadian rhythms. The profile gained 307 followers, mostly women (61,7%), 18–24 years old. We concluded that the Covid-10 pandemic period increased harmful sleep behavior in students. Further studies are needed to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student sleep health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100018"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620093/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10489666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Musculoskeletal pain during the night and its relationship to sleep quality and poor sleep perception among older adults","authors":"Priscila K. Morelhão,&nbsp;Guilherme L. Fernandes,&nbsp;Vinicius Dokkedal-Silva,&nbsp;Gabriel N. Pires,&nbsp;Sergio Tufik,&nbsp;Monica L. Andersen","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>During the aging process, pain and sleep complaints become increasingly common and constitute two prominent factors affecting the quality of life in older people. In this sense, the relationship between sleep and pain is considered bidirectional. For a complete evaluation of the link between sleep and pain, a combination of subjective and objective evaluation methods can be employed. These measures include polysomnography and questionnaires evaluating self-reported sleep quality and pain complaints.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The objective was to develop a structural equation model that appropriately approaches the link between sleep and musculoskeletal pain.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Cross-sectional study based on the dataset from the 2015 São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study (EPISONO).</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Sleep lab.</p></div><div><h3>Subjects</h3><p>Individuals aged 60 years or more (n = 152).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling to identify the significant variables from and build the intended model.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Structural equation modelling showed that feeling pain during the night was associated with poor sleep perception; however, waking up and feeling pain in the morning was not associated with either poor sleep perception or objective sleep quality. Poor sleep perception factor presented a fit measure of KMO = 0.5. The significant variables of the final model for the objective sleep quality factor were sleep efficiency, total sleep time, and sleep latency.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our findings suggest that feeling pain in the night, but not in the morning, was associated with poor subjective sleep in older adults.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41934301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient characteristics and compliance with positive airway pressure therapy during New York City's 2020 COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders: The NYU comprehensive epilepsy center-sleep center telemedicine experience","authors":"Sunil S Nair ,&nbsp;Alcibiades J Rodriguez","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>We sought to evaluate the success of telemedicine during New York City's COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home period, and understand the distribution of sleep complaints seen. We also compared positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy compliance for a random patient sample to determine whether the pandemic influenced PAP usage.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Encounters from the stay-at-home period were reviewed for patient characteristics and clinician impressions, and were compared to administrative data from the prior 2.5 months (“control” period). PAP compliance was compared between the periods for a randomly selected group of forty patients.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The telemedicine show rate was 89.37%. Sleep apnea then insomnia were the predominant diagnoses. Insomnia complaints were higher during the stay-at-home period. PAP compliance and AHI were similar between the periods.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Sleep apnea and insomnia were common complaints; insomnia was significantly more common during the pandemic. PAP compliance was similar between the two periods for a randomly selected cohort.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667343621000093/pdfft?md5=898dce1c338a5c63d2196a15cf89956d&pid=1-s2.0-S2667343621000093-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44136746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sleep duration among preschoolers in Taiwan: A longitudinal study","authors":"Yi-Ching Lin ,&nbsp;Meng-Che Tsai ,&nbsp;Chung-Ying Lin ,&nbsp;Amir H. Pakpour","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sleep is important for preschooler development and they need sufficient sleep (i.e., 10 to 13 h per day) to grow. However, little is known whether Taiwanese preschoolers have sufficient sleep. In order to understand the sleep duration of Taiwanese preschoolers, the present study used objective measures (<em>Xiaomi</em> MI Band) to record sleep duration of 87 preschoolers through a longitudinal design over 69 weeks (between March 2019 and July 2020). Preschoolers (mean age=4.44; 47 (54.0%) boys) were recruited using a convenience sampling method. All the participants were requested to wear the <em>Xiaomi</em> MI Band for 69 weeks during their sleep time. Data of sleep duration were extracted on at least three weeknights for average sleep hours in weekdays and at least one weekend night for average sleep hours in weekend for analyses. Their average sleep durations across the 69 weeks were between 8 and 9 h. An escalating trend of sleep duration was observed for weekends and a dropping trend of sleep duration was observed for weekdays. Moreover, the sleep durations of the entire sample were significantly shorter than the recommended 10 h (<em>p</em>&lt;0.001) across the 69 weeks regardless of weekdays or weekends. The preschoolers’ sleep duration found in the present study seems insufficient. Parents and healthcare providers should be aware of the phenomenon and make some efforts to increase sleep duration for preschoolers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100015"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667343621000159/pdfft?md5=6daa8fe51c49a3bfc7d805293390b6b2&pid=1-s2.0-S2667343621000159-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43886503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cohort profile: The Western Australian Sleep health study, a prospective sleep clinic cohort study","authors":"Bindiya Shenoy ,&nbsp;Bhajan Singh ,&nbsp;Satvinder S Dhaliwal ,&nbsp;Stuart King ,&nbsp;Siobhan C Rea ,&nbsp;Ivan T Ling ,&nbsp;Peter R Eastwood ,&nbsp;David R Hillman ,&nbsp;Sutapa Mukherjee ,&nbsp;Lyle J Palmer ,&nbsp;Nigel McArdle","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Genetic and epidemiologic investigations into obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) have been limited by a scarcity of sizeable well-characterised sleep clinic cohorts with laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG). This profile reports the characteristics of a prospective clinic cohort study exploring the genotypic and phenotypic features of OSA with ongoing patient follow-up to assess long-term health outcomes. The Western Australian Sleep Health Study (WASHS) recruited patients at a large tertiary hospital sleep clinic in Perth, Australia. Between 2006 and 2010, 5948 consecutive new adult patients attended the clinic and 4914 were eligible to participate following consent and screening. Among eligible patients, 98.5% (<em>n</em> = 4839) had diagnostic PSG available, and 86.0% (<em>n</em> = 4226) were comprehensively phenotyped by clinical questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Among those comprehensively phenotyped, blood biospecimens for biochemistry and DNA were obtained in 2759 (65.2%), and linked health administrative data was requested in 2017 for 4067 patients (96.2%). The group of most interest, the comprehensively phenotyped patients (<em>n</em> = 4226), were predominantly male (60.6%), middle-aged (mean±SD: 50.5 ± 14.0 years), and obese (32.7 ± 7.7 kg/m²). The majority of this group were diagnosed with OSA (93.8%). The WASHS Prospective Sleep Clinic Cohort is amongst the largest OSA cohorts globally with PSG and long-term morbidity and mortality data. Comprehensive phenotype and genotype data have contributed to numerous publications on the epidemiology and genetics of OSA. Patients have been monitored by ongoing clinic review, where OSA treatment data is collected, and by follow-up studies, such as an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council funded project (2018–2021) investigating cardiovascular outcomes in OSA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266734362100010X/pdfft?md5=397b69e7cb901ad91fff6df0a281ce99&pid=1-s2.0-S266734362100010X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45679291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and predictors of under or overestimation sleep duration in adults: The ELSA-Brasil study","authors":"Ronaldo B. Santos ,&nbsp;Soraya Giatti ,&nbsp;Aline N. Aielo ,&nbsp;Wagner A. Silva ,&nbsp;Barbara K. Parise ,&nbsp;Lorenna F. Cunha ,&nbsp;Silvana P. Souza ,&nbsp;Airlane P. Alencar ,&nbsp;Paulo A. Lotufo ,&nbsp;Isabela M. Bensenor ,&nbsp;Luciano F. Drager","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Every one-hour change in sleep duration (SDUR) has a dose-response impact on cardiovascular disease and mortality. However, self-reported SDUR may not represent the real sleep time in a significant proportion of the adult population. This study was designed to determine the frequency of potential SDUR under/overestimation when comparing subjective versus objective SDUR data.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Consecutive adults from the ELSA-Brasil study collected subjective SDUR and underwent wrist actigraphy for seven days. We defined SDUR underestimation (underSDUR) and overestimation (overSDUR) when the differences between subjective and objective SDUR reached at least -1/+1-hour, respectively. We performed multinomial logistic regression analyses to identify independent factors of under- and overSDUR.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Data from 2,036 participants were used in the final analysis (42.7% males; age: 49±8 years). The frequency of underSDUR and overSDUR were 19.4% and 19.7%, respectively. The predictors of underSDUR included black race (OR: 1.65; 95% CI: 1.79–3.93), mixed-race (OR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.20–2.38); daytime sleepiness (OR: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.05–1.80); longer objective SDUR (OR: 3.00; 95% CI: 2.54–3.56); longer wake time after sleep onset time, WASO (OR: 2.19; 95% CI: 1.22–3.95), and moderate/severe insomnia (OR: 2.54; 95% CI: 1.78–3.63). Longer WASO (OR: 2.26; 95% CI: 1.33–3.82), and a higher number of awakenings (OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.00–1.03) were independently associated with overSDUR.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>We found a significant rate of SDUR under/overestimation when comparing subjective versus objective data. While underSDUR was independently associated with black/mixed race, daytime sleepiness, longer SDUR and WASO, overSDUR was specifically associated with markers of sleep fragmentation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667343621000135/pdfft?md5=41c01097815947db254ab2d330d52546&pid=1-s2.0-S2667343621000135-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42257125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sleep difficulties and use of prescription and non-prescription sleep aids in Portuguese higher education students","authors":"Jéssica Silva ,&nbsp;Patrícia Vieira ,&nbsp;Ana Allen Gomes ,&nbsp;Thomas Roth ,&nbsp;Maria Helena Pinto de Azevedo ,&nbsp;Daniel Ruivo Marques","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study aims to characterize the prevalence, the pattern of medically prescribed and over-the-counter medication/supplements in Higher Education students, as well as to relate the consumption of sleeping medication with insomnia severity, sleep effort, sleep locus of control, anxiety, and depression. Data was collected from a sample of 2029 Portuguese Higher Education students, aged ≥18 years old, being approximately 75% women and 25% men. Thirty-one percent of the sample considered suffering from insomnia, 6% consumed sleeping medication prescribed by a physician, 4% consumed OTC (over-the-counter) medication/supplements, and 2% undergone psychotherapy. Among the Higher Education students with insomnia, 19% reported consuming sleep medication prescribed by a physician, benzodiazepines were the most prescribed drug class, and the General Practitioner the physician who prescribed most frequently. Twelve percent of students with insomnia consumed OTC medication/supplements, with Valerian being the most consumed substance. Among students with insomnia, only 8% undergone psychotherapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667343621000123/pdfft?md5=1a3c7faaa65f7d4b0af6553247551391&pid=1-s2.0-S2667343621000123-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48697230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"College students’ sleep difficulty during COVID-19 and correlated stressors: A large-scale cross-sessional survey study","authors":"Chia-Wei Fan ,&nbsp;Kathryn Drumheller ,&nbsp;I-Hua Chen ,&nbsp;Hsin-Hsiung Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Sleep difficulty is one of the main concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined factors related to vaccination and physical and psychological health conditions, and sleep difficulty in college students in China.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An online, cross-sectional, anonymous survey was used to investigate college students’ perceived sleep difficulty and relevant components (i.e., physical health condition, psychological distress, knowledge of vaccine, and autonomy of vaccine uptake). Hierarchical ordinal logistic regression was conducted to examine the proposed model with the control of participants’ demographics (i.e., gender and age).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Valid data of 3,145 students from 43 universities in mainland China was collected in January 2021. The average age of participants was 20.8 years old (S. D. = 2.09). The majority were single (97.4%), and about half were male (49.8%). Results showed that participants had less psychological distress when they had more knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine and more autonomy to decide whether to receive it. In addition, participants with better physical health experienced less sleep difficulty. In contrast, those with more psychological distress experienced more sleep difficulty.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings can inform healthcare providers about the relationship between different factors and difficulty sleeping and aid them in developing interventions addressing sleep difficulties associated with the global pandemic. Health authorities also can improve vaccine uptake and reduce hesitancies in future vaccination campaigns based on the study results showing that greater vaccine knowledge and autonomy reduced psychological distress.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10463760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-reported sleep duration and timing: A methodological review of event definitions, context, and timeframe of related questions","authors":"Rebecca Robbins ,&nbsp;Stuart F. Quan ,&nbsp;Laura K. Barger ,&nbsp;Charles A. Czeisler ,&nbsp;Maya Fray-Witzer ,&nbsp;Matthew D. Weaver ,&nbsp;Ying Zhang ,&nbsp;Susan Redline ,&nbsp;Elizabeth B. Klerman","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Study objectives</h3><p>Clinical and population health recommendations are derived from studies that include self-report. Differences in question wording and response scales may significantly affect responses. We conducted a methodological review assessing variation in event definition(s), context (i.e., work- versus free-day), and timeframe (e.g., “in the past 4 weeks”) of sleep timing/duration questions.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We queried databases of sleep, medicine, epidemiology, and psychology studies for survey-based research and/or publications with sleep duration/timing questions. The text of these questions was thematically analyzed.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We identified 53 surveys with sample sizes ranging from 93 to 1,185,106. For sleep duration questions, participants reported nocturnal sleep (24 of 44 questions), sleep in the past 24-hours (14/44), their major sleep episode (3/44), or answered unaided (3/44). For bedtime questions, participants reported time into bed (19/47), first attempt to sleep (16/40), or fall-asleep time (12/47). For wake-time questions, participants reported wake-up time (30/43), the time they “get up” (7/43), or their out-of-bed time (6/43). Context guidance appeared in 18/44 major sleep duration, 35/47 bedtime, and 34/43 wake-time questions. Timeframe was provided in 8/44 major sleep episode duration, 16/47 bedtime, and 10/43 wake-time questions. One question queried the method of awakening (e.g., by alarm clock), 18 questions assessed sleep latency, and 12 measured napping.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>There is variability in the event definition(s), context, and timeframe of questions relating to sleep. This work informs efforts at data harmonization for meta-analyses, provides options for question wording, and identifies potential questions for future surveys.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9233860/pdf/nihms-1812780.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40406205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of sleep on firefighter occupational performance and health: A systematic review and call for action","authors":"Chris Frost ,&nbsp;Mike Toczko ,&nbsp;Justin J. Merrigan ,&nbsp;Joel R. Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Firefighting is a mentally and physically demanding profession which is compounded by poor sleep due to shift schedules commonly used by fire departments. Compared to other professions, firefighters are at high risk for musculoskeletal injuries, mental illnesses, and cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to systemically review the effects of sleep on firefighter occupational performance and health. A search was conducted for studies that conducted a quantitative analysis involving sleep and occupational performance in firefighters. Relevant data were extracted and study quality evaluated with Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. There were 15 articles meeting the inclusion criteria with a total sample of 1591 (1539 male, 52 female) firefighters. We found that firefighters with poor sleep measures had worse cognitive performance and overall health, but physical capabilities were not impacted by acute sleep restriction. However, chronic poor sleep would likely negatively impact physical performance due to being associated with a decline in numerous health measures. To avoid sleep-related declines in occupational performance fire departments should consider the consequences of shift schedules on the performance and health of firefighters. Furthermore, sleep education interventions, the use of wearables to monitor, recovery and sleep health screening appear beneficial based on prior research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74809,"journal":{"name":"Sleep epidemiology","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667343621000147/pdfft?md5=9ab0ed6831a3201f294d93bae1887c5b&pid=1-s2.0-S2667343621000147-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48625908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}