Short and long sleeper prototypes: Perceptions of sleep duration and personality traits
Few studies have examined how short and long sleepers are perceived. Using the prototype willingness model as a conceptual framework, we assessed estimates of sleep duration and perceptions of personality characteristics associated with short and long ...
Elizabeth J. Pantesco, Irene P. Kan
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Short sleep duration and obesity among Australian children [PDF]
There is limited information on sleep duration and obesity among Australian children. The objective of the study is to cross-sectionally examine the relationship between sleep duration and obesity in Australian children aged 5 to 15 years.Data were collected using the South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System between January 2004 and December
Shi, Z. +5 more
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Background and Objectives: The prevalence of obesity among children is increasing and is highlighting many problems. Lack of sleep is common among children and adolescents.
Seung-Ho Han, Jae-Yong Yee, Jung-Soo Pyo
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Knee Pain and Low Back Pain Additively Disturb Sleep in the General Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Nagahama Study. [PDF]
Association of knee and low back pain with sleep disturbance is poorly understood. We aimed to clarify the independent and combined effects of these orthopedic symptoms on sleep in a large-scale general population.Cross-sectional data about sleep and ...
Kimihiko Murase +16 more
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Short Sleep Duration and Later Overweight in Infants [PDF]
To provide further knowledge about the longitudinal association between sleep duration and overweight in infants.The data for this study are from the CHILD-SLEEP birth cohort (n = 1679). The sleep data are based on parent-reported total sleep duration collected at 3, 8, 18, and 24 months.
Tuohino, Tuuli +7 more
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Objectives: We aim to determine whether comorbidity profiles, night sleep duration, and napping duration trajectories were associated with incident asthma in Chinese adults.Methods: A total of 7,655 community-dwelling individuals were included in this ...
Zhigang Hu +7 more
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Long Sleep Duration, Insomnia, and Insomnia With Short Objective Sleep Duration Are Independently Associated With Short Telomere Length [PDF]
We aimed to determine the association between short telomere length, sleep parameters, and sleep disorders in an adult general population sample.As part of the EPISONO cohort (São Paulo, Brazil), 925 individuals answered questionnaires, underwent a full-night polysomnography and clinical assessment, and had peripheral blood collected for DNA extraction.
Priscila, Tempaku +9 more
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Impact of different recommendations on adequacy rate for sleep duration in children [PDF]
A huge amount of literature in the last decades showed that sleep is essential for children’s health and well-being and that short sleep duration is associated with several negative health outcomes.
Brambilla, Paolo, BRUNI, Oliviero
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Correlates of short sleep duration among adolescents
ABSTRACTIntroductionShort sleep duration is exceedingly common among adolescents and has implications for healthy youth development. We sought to document associations between adolescents’ sleep duration and characteristics of their schedules, behaviors, and wellbeing.MethodsWe used data from the baseline wave (9th grade year) of the START study, a ...
Rachel, Widome +7 more
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Gender-specific associations of short sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension : the Whitehall II Study [PDF]
Sleep deprivation (5 hour per night) was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in middle-aged American adults but not among older individuals.
Brunner, Eric +9 more
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