This study aimed to investigate associations between: (a) psychological distress, self - perceived health status and
sleep duration among a large representative general population sample; and (b) patterns of sleep duration, physical activity and Body Mass Index among a subgroup of participants who self - reported as being in good health with low psycho
Greater reductions of depression, anxiety and stress, and increased life satisfaction and
sleep duration among individuals using Gamblers Anonymous combined with stress management intervention (includes education on diet and exercise, stress coping methods, relaxation breathing and progressive muscle relaxation).
Another study of 4,175 individuals between 11 and 17 years of age is the first to document reciprocal effects for major depression and short
sleep duration among adolescents using prospective data.
Soon afterwards, in 1913, Lewis Terman and Adeline Hocking from Stanford University, California, reported similar
sleep durations among US school children.
Not exact matches
Short
sleep duration and irregular bedtime are associated with increased behavioral problems
among Japanese preschool - age children.
This shows that even
among those already considered to be at risk for cardiometabolic disease, in this case obese teens» decreased
sleep duration was predictive of increased cardiometabolic risk.
This is the first study to show that
sleep duration has increased
among broad segments of the United States population (students 15 and older, people who are employed, and retirees) over this period.
Among the study's key findings was that mice given lithium chloride after alcohol consumption and mice that never consumed alcohol had the same
duration of undisrupted
sleep of about 10 hours per day, while untreated mice given alcohol woke up as many as 50 times per hour.
A new study suggests that
among healthy adults with a habitual
sleep duration of at least 6.5 hours, late
sleep timing was associated with higher fast food consumption and lower vegetable intake, particularly
among men, as well as lower physical activity.
Long
sleep duration was more common
among heavy drinkers, but only in black men and white women.
Among the 790 couples the researchers followed, «we found both short and long
sleep duration — less than 6 hours or 9 or more per night — were associated with a reduced probability of pregnancy,» Wise said.
Sleep duration, insomnia, and coronary heart disease
among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative.
New Recommendations from the National
Sleep Foundation - The Atlantic January 2015 - Poor
Sleep in Adolescence Predicts Future Problems, Study Says - Los Angeles Times January 2015 - How
Sleep Keeps You Healthy, Helps You Heal - Discovery News September 2014 - Lack of
Sleep Increases Risk of Failure in School
Among Teens - Science World Report, from
Sleep Medicine August 2014 -
Sleep Woes in Old Age May Be Linked to Brain Cell Loss - Health magazine August 2014 — University of Chicago Study: Getting More
Sleep Could Cut Junk Food Cravings in Half — CBS News August 2014 — University of Montreal Study Shows Learning Is Best Enhanced During
Sleep - Jewish Business News February 2014 - Link Found between
Sleep Duration and Depression - Psych Central February 2014 - Less
Sleep, More Time Online, Raises Risk for Teen Depression — National Public Radio
The main purpose of the present study was to calculate percentile curves for total
sleep duration per 24 hours, for nighttime and for daytime
sleep duration from early infancy to late adolescence to illustrate the developmental course and age - specific variability of these variables
among subjects.
Sleep Duration and Its Links to Psychological Distress, Health Status, Physical Activity and Body Mass Index
among a Large Representative General Population Sample
The effect of short
sleep duration on coronary heart disease risk is greatest
among those with
sleep disturbance: a prospective study from the Whitehall II cohort