Rise and shine: A treatment experiment testing a morning routine to decrease subjective sleep inertia in insomnia and bipolar disorder

Kaplan, Katherine A.; Talavera, David C.; Harvey, Allison G.

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2018.10.009

Cited by 37 publications

(25 citation statements)

References 47 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Countermeasures are strategies or interventions to be implemented upon waking as opposed to methods that may consider pre-sleep hygiene techniques (routines to assist and promote sleep). Currently experimental countermeasures for SI include caffeine [21][22][23][24][25], light [24,[26][27][28][29], temperature [30,31], post-awakening routines [24,32], and sound [12,33].…”

Section: ]mentioning

confidence: 99%

Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia

Garcia

Verhagen

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sleep inertia is a potentially dangerous reduction in human alertness and occurs 0-4 hours after waking. The type of sound people set as their alarm for waking has been shown to reduce the effects of sleep inertia, however, the elemental musical factors that underpin these waking sounds and their relationships remain unclear. The goal of this research is to understand how a particular sound or music chosen to assist waking may counteract sleep inertia, and more specifically, what elements of these sounds may contribute to its reduction. Through an anonymous, self-report online questionnaire, fifty participants (N = 50) reported attributes of their preferred waking sound, their feeling towards the waking sound, and perceived sleep inertia after waking. This data enabled the analysis and comparison between these responses to identify statistically significant relationships. Our results did not return any significant association between sleep inertia and the reported waking sound type, nor the subject's feeling towards their sound. However, the analysis did reveal that a sound which is ranked as melodic by participants shows a significant relationship to reports of reductions in perceived sleep inertia, and in contrast, sound rated as neutral (neither unmelodic nor melodic) returns a significant relationship to the reports of increases in perceived sleep inertia. Additionally, our secondary analysis revealed that a sound rated as melodic is considered to be more rhythmic than a melodically neutral interpretation. Together these findings raise questions regarding the impact melody and rhythm may hold with respect to sleep inertia intensity. Considering that the implementation of auditory assisted awakening is a common occurrence, the musical elements of a chosen waking sound may be an area to further interrogate with respect to counteracting sleep inertia. OPEN ACCESSCitation: McFarlane SJ, Garcia JE, Verhagen DS, Dyer AG (2020) Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0215788. https://doi.org/10.

show abstract

Section: ]mentioning

confidence: 99%

Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia

Garcia

Verhagen

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The present paper provides a brief review of the impact of sleep disturbances on hospital staff and some advice for the management of sleep in professionals currently struggling in the COVID‐19 crisis. The advice is based on well‐known psychobiological principles of sleep regulation (e.g., Bootzin, Epstein, & Wood, 1991; Borbély, 1982), published clinical trials (e.g., Kaplan, Talavera, & Harvey, 2018) and clinical guidelines for the treatment of sleep disturbances (e.g., Riemann et al., 2017), and should be considered complementary to and compatible with the recommendations recently provided by a task force of the European CBT‐I Academy (Altena et al, 2020; Bootzin et al, 1991), but specifically tailored for hospital staff under emergency circumstances. Specifically, whereas Altena et al (2020) proposed advice to deal with sleep problems of people during home confinement and offered preliminary advice for healthcare staff, we aim to provide an in‐depth specific perspective on hospital staff and the most commonly experienced sleep problems in this population, namely sleep deprivation, insomnia and night‐shift work.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Caring for the carers: Advice for dealing with sleep problems of hospital staff during the COVID‐19 outbreak

Ballesio

Lombardo

Lucidi

et al. 2020

Journal of Sleep Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Hospital staff are at the frontline in the COVID‐19 outbreak. The stressors they experience may induce sleep problems in a population already at risk. Sleep deprivation, long shifts and insomnia in hospital staff have been associated with individual, organizational and public health hazards. These include increased risk of mental and somatic disorders, altered immune responses, medical errors, misunderstandings, drowsy driving and burnout. In March 2020, the World Health Organization called for providing access to mental health and counselling for health professionals involved in the COVID‐19 outbreak. To answer this call, we propose practical advice for the management of sleep problems (sleep deprivation, insomnia and shift work) that can be included in supportive interventions. The advice is based on psychobiological principles of sleep regulation and on guidelines for the treatment of insomnia and was implemented within an initiative offering psychological support to the staff of three university hospitals in Rome.

show abstract

“…Thus, post-awakening countermeasures are conceptualized and researched to address these concerns by considering habitual behaviors, environmental conditions, and awakening routines. These include caffeine intake [23,[45][46][47][48], lighting treatments [25,47,[49][50][51], temperature [52,53], post-awakening routines [47,54], and applied stress [55]. Concerning the potential for sound to counteract SI, existing reviews of SI literature contain four instances where auditory countermeasures have been acknowledged [2][3][4]56]; however, within these four reviews, only two original research studies are identified for discussion that interrogate noise and music [57,58].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alarm Tones, Voice Warnings, and Musical Treatments: A Systematic Review of Auditory Countermeasures for Sleep Inertia in Abrupt and Casual Awakenings

Garcia

Verhagen

et al. 2020

Clocks & Sleep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sleep inertia is a measurable decline in cognition some people experience upon and following awakening. However, a systematic review of the current up to date evidence of audio as a countermeasure has yet to be reported. Thus, to amend this gap in knowledge, the authors conducted this systematic review beginning with searches in three primary databases for studies published between the inception date of each journal and the year 2020. Search terms contained “Sleep Inertia” paired with: “Sound”; “Noise”; “Music”; “Alarm”; “Alarm Tone”; “Alarm Sound”; “Alarm Noise”; “Alarm Music”; “Alarm Clock”; “Fire Alarm”, and “Smoke Alarm”. From 341 study results, twelve were identified for inclusion against a priori conditions. A structured narrative synthesis approach generated three key auditory stimulus themes-(i) Noise, (ii) Emergency tone sequences; Voice Alarms and Hybrids, and (iii) Music. Across themes, participants have been assessed in two situational categories: emergency, and non-emergency awakenings. The results indicate that for children awakening in emergency conditions, a low pitch alarm or voice warnings appear to be more effective in counteracting the effects of sleep inertia than alarms with higher frequencies. For adults abruptly awakened, there is insufficient evidence to support firm conclusions regarding alarm types and voice signals. Positive results have been found in non-emergency awakenings for musical treatments in adults who preferred popular music, and alarms with melodic qualities. The results observed reflect the potential for sound, voice, and musical treatments to counteract sleep inertia post-awakening, and emphasize the requirements for further research in this domain.

show abstract

Rise and shine: A treatment experiment testing a morning routine to decrease subjective sleep inertia in insomnia and bipolar disorder

Cited by 37 publications

References 47 publications

Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia

Alarm tones, music and their elements: Analysis of reported waking sounds to counteract sleep inertia

Caring for the carers: Advice for dealing with sleep problems of hospital staff during the COVID‐19 outbreak

Alarm Tones, Voice Warnings, and Musical Treatments: A Systematic Review of Auditory Countermeasures for Sleep Inertia in Abrupt and Casual Awakenings

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About