To examine the impact of changing school start times on sleep in parents of students in elementary, middle, and high school. MethodsAnnual surveys were completed by parents of K-12 students (n = 8190-10,592 per year) before (pre-change) and for 2 years (post-change, follow-up) after implementation of new school start times (elementary school [ES]: 60 minutes … Continue reading Impact of changing school start times on parent sleep
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Patterns of diurnal activity differ substantially between individuals, with early risers and late sleepers being examples of opposite chronotypes. Growing evidence suggests that the late chronotype significantly impacts the risk of developing mood disorders, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. Despite the vast potential of utilizing chronotype information for precision medicine, those factors that shape … Continue reading Metagenomic analysis reveals the signature of gut microbiota associated with human chronotypes
Growing evidence suggests that poor sleep health is associated with cardiovascular risk. However, research in this area often relies upon recollection dependent questionnaires or diaries. Accelerometers provide an alternative tool for measuring sleep parameters objectively. This study examines the association between wrist-worn accelerometer-derived sleep onset timing and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods and resultsWe derived sleep … Continue reading Accelerometer-derived sleep onset timing and cardiovascular disease incidence: a UK Biobank cohort study
Highlights•Shift start times <06:00, may result in sleep loss resulting in poor alertness. •Risk of sleep disorders increased with body mass and age. •Prevalence of shiftwork disorder and obstructive sleep apnea in mining is high. •Biomathematical modeling may be used to eliminate or reduce organizational risk. AbstractShift workers employed at a remote mining operation may … Continue reading Digging for data: How #sleep is losing out to roster design, sleep disorders, and lifestyle factors
Sleep problems are both symptoms of and modifiable risk factors for many psychiatric disorders. Wrist-worn accelerometers enable objective measurement of sleep at scale. Here, we aimed to examine the association of accelerometer-derived sleep measures with psychiatric diagnoses and polygenic risk scores in a large community-based cohort. Methods and findingsIn this post hoc cross-sectional analysis of … Continue reading Association of accelerometer-derived #sleep measures with lifetime #psychiatric diagnoses: A cross-sectional study of 89,205 participants from the UK Biobank
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