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Secular trends in adult sleep duration: A systematic review
Abstract
Objectives Little evidence exists to support the common assertion that adult sleep duration has declined. We investigated secular trends in sleep duration over the past 40 years through a systematic review.Methods Systematic search of 5 electronic databases was conducted to identify repeat cross-sectional studies of sleep duration in community-dwelling adults using comparable sampling frames and measures over time. We also attempted to access unpublished or semi-published data sources in the form of government reports, theses and conference proceedings. No studies were excluded based on language or publication date. The search identified 278 potential reports, from which twelve relevant studies were identified for review.Results The 12 studies described data from 15 countries from the 1960s until the 2000s. Self-reported average sleep duration of adults had increased in 7 countries: Bulgaria, Poland, Canada, France, Britain, Korea and the Netherlands (range: 0.1-1.7 min per night each year) and had decreased in 6 countries: Japan, Russia, Finland, Germany, Belgium and Austria (range: 0.1-0.6 min per night each year). Inconsistent results were found for the United States and Sweden.Conclusions There has not been a consistent decrease in the self-reported sleep duration of adults from the 1960s to 2000s. However, it is unclear whether the proportions of very short and very long sleepers have increased over the same period, which may be of greater relevance for public health.
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“Worldwide, secular trends in adult sleep duration may be more variable.”
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“A recent review article summarizing 12 studies from 15 countries from 1960 to 2000 did not find a consistent decrease in self-reported adult sleep duration: self-reported sleep duration had increased in seven countries, decreased in six, and results were inconsistent for the United States and Sweden.12”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bin, Y. S., Marshall, N. S., & Glozier, N.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Glozier, Nick
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 223-230
- ISSN
- 1087-0792 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2127762051
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Servier
- National Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Keywords
- sleep duration, secular trends, self-reported sleep, community-dwelling adults, cross-national comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Humans, Middle Aged, Sleep, Time Factors, Global Health, Young Adult
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