Vitamins and sleep: An exploratory study

Lichstein, Kenneth L.; Payne, Kristen; Soeffing, James; Durrence, H. Heith; Taylor, Daniel J.; Riedel, Brant W.; Bush, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2006.12.009

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“…Compared to normal group, a wide range of pathways was altered obviously in our study. It is interesting to note that vitamin B-related pathways were significantly induced in the insomnia group, while the level of vitamins is highly associated with the clinical practice of insomnia (Lichstein et al, 2007). In our insomnia patients, the analysis suggested vitamin B6 catabolism (ko00750) in the gut microbiota is significantly enhanced, resulting in vitamin B6 deficiency for the host.…”

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Gut Microbiota as an Objective Measurement for Auxiliary Diagnosis of Insomnia Disorder

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Insomnia is a type of sleep disorder which is associated with various diseases’ development and progression, such as obesity, type II diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Recent investigation of the gut-brain axis enhances our understanding of the role of the gut microbiota in brain-related diseases. However, whether the gut microbiota is associated with insomnia remains unknown. In the present investigation, leveraging the 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing of V3-V4 region and the novel bioinformatic analysis, it was demonstrated that between insomnia and healthy populations, the composition, diversity and metabolic function of the gut microbiota are significantly changed. Other than these, redundancy analysis, co-occurrence analysis and PICRUSt underpin the gut taxa composition, signaling pathways, and metabolic functions perturbed by insomnia disorder. Moreover, random forest together with cross-validation identified two signature bacteria, which could be used to distinguish the insomnia patients from the healthy population. Furthermore, based on the relative abundance and clinical sleep parameter, we constructed a prediction model utilizing artificial neural network (ANN) for auxiliary diagnosis of insomnia disorder. Overall, the aforementioned study provides a comprehensive understanding of the link between the gut microbiota and insomnia disorder.

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Gut Microbiota as an Objective Measurement for Auxiliary Diagnosis of Insomnia Disorder

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“…Vitamin users were more likely to sleep less than non-users of vitamins. Lichstein also found that use of a multi-vitamin or multiple single vitamins was associated with poorer sleep maintenance in a survey of 772 participants in the US [38]. A plausible explanation for this association is reverse causation – that is, women with insomnia or poor health took vitamin supplements to improve their sleep quality.…”

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Sleep duration and its correlates in middle-aged and elderly Chinese women: The Shanghai Women’s Health Study

Cai

Gao

et al. 2012

Sleep Medicine

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Background Abnormal sleep duration, either long or short, is associated with disease risk and mortality. Little information is available on sleep duration and its correlates among Chinese women. Methods Using information collected from 68,832 women who participated in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS), we evaluated sleep duration and its correlations with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, health status, and anthropometric measurements and their indexes using polynomial logistic regression. Results The mean age of the study population was 59.6 years (SD=9.0; range: 44.6–79.9 years) at time of sleep duration assessment. Approximately 80% of women reported sleeping 6–8 hours per day, 11.5% slept five hours or less, and 8.7% slept nine hours or more. As expected, age was the strongest predictor for sleep duration and was negatively correlated with sleep duration. In general, sleep duration was positively associated with energy intake, intakes of total meat and fruits, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and waist circumference (WC) after adjustment for age and other factors. Both short and long sleep duration were negatively associated with education level, family income, and leisure-time physical activity and positively associated with number of live births, history of night shift work, and certain chronic diseases, compared to sleep duration around seven hours/day (6.5–7.4 hours/day). Short sleep duration was related to tea consumption and passive smoking. Long sleep duration was related to menopausal status and marital status. Conclusions In this large, population-based study, we found that sleep duration among middle-aged and elderly Chinese women was associated with several sociodemographic and lifestyle factors and with disease status. The main limitation of the study is the cross-sectional design that does not allow us to draw any causal inference. However, this study provides information for future investigation into the nature of these associations so that recommendations can be developed to reduce sleep problems in middle-aged and elderly Chinese women. It also provides important information on potential confounders for investigation of sleep duration on health outcomes in this population.

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“…This is despite a view by study participants with sleep disturbances such as ID or IS reflected in the reviewed literature that self-care products provide a safer alternative to conventional prescription treatments. There are also concerns by people with ID or IS over the side effects of CAM self-care products which in some cases may have negative effects on people's ability to sleep well (Lichstein et al 2007) and also have limited evidence for efficacy in the treatment of sleep disturbances (Leach and Page 2015). More detailed research to examine the prevalence of use of specific self-care treatments for persons with various kinds of sleep disturbance is required to identify specific safety issues and concerns and to better aid health professionals with reliable information to guide effective patient care for sleep disturbances.…”

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“…The reviewed literature reveals that while many sufferers do not themselves disclose their sleep disturbances, particularly for ID and IS, they do have a desire to be asked about the existence of sleep disturbances by medical professionals and then to be listened to in regards to their treatment preferences. A patientcentered approach, advocated elsewhere (Meredith et al 2017;Meredith et al 2019), including collaborative methods of treatment and respectful, open communication between the healthcare professional and patient, may improve the likelihood of patients disclosing their use of self-care (Lichstein et al 2007). Potential arising from such open communication to circumvent harmful drug interactions will benefit both patients and medical practitioners alike.…”

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A critical review of self-care for sleep disturbances: prevalence, profile, motivation, perceived effectiveness and medical provider communication

Meredith

Frawley

Sibbritt

et al. 2020

Sleep Science Practice

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Objective: This study aims to undertake the first critical review of self-care use among adults with sleep disturbances by focusing on the prevalence of self-care-the self-determined and self-administered use of products or practices-by adults with sleep disturbances. Methods: A comprehensive search of 2006-2016 international literature in CINAHL, AMED, Medline and EMBASE databases was conducted. The search was confined to empirical research findings regarding sleep disturbances -as indicated by a validated sleep scale/index or clinician diagnosis. Results: Of the 21 articles included in this review, only three reported on sleep disturbances other than insomnia disorder (ID) or insomnia symptoms (IS). Overall, a high prevalence of self-care use is reported among adults with sleep disturbances, particularly for ID and IS. Self-care products and practices are more likely to be used by adults with sleep disturbances, than those without sleep disturbances. Commonly used self-care products and practices include OTC hypnotics, antihistamines, diphenhydramine products, diet, exercise, painkillers, herbal medicines, vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements, yoga, tai chi, Qigong, meditation, exercise and relaxation. Conclusions: Many adults with sleep disturbances-particularly ID or IS-frequently use self-care products and practices. Self-care products are also used concomitantly with conventional prescription medications without disclosure to medical professionals. The current literature is of varied methodological caliber, frequently relies on small sample sizes and low-quality data collection therefore further rigorous health services research is required. There is an especial paucity of data regarding self-care for sleep disturbances such as restless legs syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. Healthcare providers may find it beneficial to actively ask patients about their use of self-care for sleep disturbances to help avoid harmful drug-drug or drug-herb interactions.

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Vitamins and sleep: An exploratory study

Cited by 33 publications

References 13 publications

Gut Microbiota as an Objective Measurement for Auxiliary Diagnosis of Insomnia Disorder

Gut Microbiota as an Objective Measurement for Auxiliary Diagnosis of Insomnia Disorder

Sleep duration and its correlates in middle-aged and elderly Chinese women: The Shanghai Women’s Health Study

A critical review of self-care for sleep disturbances: prevalence, profile, motivation, perceived effectiveness and medical provider communication

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