2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2011.00524.x
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Effects of regularizing sleep-wake schedules on daytime autonomic functions and psychological states in healthy university students with irregular sleep-wake habits

Abstract: The present study examined the effects of regularizing sleep–wake schedules on sleep, autonomic function and mood/emotional and personality states in 14 habitually irregular sleepers. During the experiment, sleep monitoring and regularized sleep–wake schedules were conducted at home. First, the subjects' habitual sleep–wake patterns were strictly monitored for 6 days (Session 1); second, subjects' irregular sleep–wake patterns were regularized for 6 days (Session 2); and finally, subjects reverted from their r… Show more

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“…Healthy adults on a more consistent sleep schedule have improved sleep quality [22,43], performance [22], and mood [23]. Among insomniacs, stabilizing the sleep period has also lead to improved sleep [44,45].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Healthy adults on a more consistent sleep schedule have improved sleep quality [22,43], performance [22], and mood [23]. Among insomniacs, stabilizing the sleep period has also lead to improved sleep [44,45].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among healthy adults, maintaining a consistent sleep schedule is associated with shorter reaction times, better affect, and more time spent in slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep than healthy adults who maintain an irregular sleep schedule [22]. When sleep-wake schedules were experimentally regulated among a population of healthy university students with highly irregular sleep-wake habits, improvements in mood and reductions in daytime parasympathetic activity were noted [23]. This association between a stable sleep schedule and better heath and performance suggests these relations might also account for some variance in postpartum daytime functioning.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, Takasu and colleagues assigned a rigid sleep schedule to 14 college students with irregular baseline sleep timing and found no significant changes in actigraphy-assessed sleep or self-reported sleepiness and alertness after 6 days. 109 Neither study recruited participants based on presence of sleep problems which, combined with small sample sizes, could explain these null findings. Youngstedt and colleagues recruited a sample of older adults with long self-reported sleep duration to examine the effect of a 90-minute reduction of time in bed.…”
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confidence: 97%
“…This allows for the advanced sleep readiness times that typically peak in adolescence/young adult to guide the sleepers' readiness for sleep and insure a sufficient sleep interval opportunity [1]. While not widely adopted, the advanced start time on first classes of the day which are typically the designation of lower classman, constructively attends to the prevalence need of the young adult college student with poor sleep quality [4][5][6][7]. The use of student services directed by college administrators has resulted, recently, in an increased use of mental health services and need for psychiatric medication management [1,4,5].…”
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