Sleep

In part 1 of our 3-part series on the impact of clinical trials lacking diversity, we are spotlighting responses to our first question, which sought to encapsulate the perspectives of our group of experts on how a historic lack of diversity in clinical trials has manifested itself in today’s care of patients from diverse backgrounds.

This article serves as a landing page for our 3-part series spotlighting how a lack of diversity in clinical trials has had a deleterious downstream effect on real-world care for people of color in the US, with perspective from experts across more than half a dozen specialties.

Cancer patients with behavioral health disorders, such as substance abuse, eating disorders, and sleep disorders have a 7.76% increase in health care costs, a new study found.

A new study found only 15% of people sleep the recommended 7 – 9 hours for ≥ 5 nights per week.

Patients with both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis may be more likely to be tired based on symptom severity.

After observing for sex differences, plant-based diet indices were associated with lower odds of OSA risk in males than females.

A new study found a greater sleep apnea risk was linked to verbal episodic memory decline and worse sleep quality was linked to executive function decline.

A new study found patients with Parkinson’s disease have a lower daytime light exposure with a mean light intensity of 201.1 lux than controls with a light intensity of 337.7 lux.

A new study found the odds of gout were 2.65 times greater in patients with OSA than in patients without OSA.

A new study for women with ≥ 4 hours a day of sedentary behavior had an increased risk of OSA but not for women with < 4 hours of sedentary behavior.

A new study found non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors from a Vietnam general population had a 76.1% prevalence of insomnia, with 22.8% of respondents with insomnia scoring for severe insomnia.

A new study found the Healthy Patterns Sleep Program—where people have timed activities aligning with circadian rhythms—improves the quality of life after 4 weeks for individuals with cognitive impairment.

Sleep apnea prevalence in cardiology patients was similar to the rates in patients with heart failure., and sleep apnea prevalence in cardio-oncology patients was the same or greater than other traditional risk factors.

Patients with fibromyalgia have poorer accuracy for divided attention, mediated by sleep disturbance, according to a new study.

Multivariable analyses found genetic predispositions to overall rheumatoid arthritis with decreased sleep duration, as well as a significant genetic association between seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and insomnia symptoms.

After a study assessed how sleep was hindered following incidences where the police killed unarmed Black individuals, Black respondents had shorter sleep durations and more very short sleep (< 6 hours) than White participants.

Our January 2024 sleep month in review includes studies regarding periodic limb movements to link to cardiovascular disease and death, sleep apnea serving as a risk factor for uncontrolled, severe asthma, and more.

A new study found the periodic limb movement index, but not the apnea-hypopnea index, was linked to an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease or death every 10 events per hour.

A survey found low success rates for multiple sleep treatments, including light therapy, light restriction, and melatonin.

Male college students were found to consume more energy drinks than female college students, and they had a greater risk for a short sleep duration due to energy drink consumption.

A new study found critical components of CBT-I are cognitive restructuring, third-wave components, sleep restrictions, and stimulus control.

In a new study, nearly a third of participants with OSA reported using > 3 coping strategies, but participants without OSA reported never using > 3 coping strategies.

Investigators observed no change in Insomnia Severity Index scores from baseline to weeks 7 and 25 with CBT-1, trazodone, or placebo, suggesting these insomnia treatment options are not effective for patients undergoing hemodialysis.

A multivariable analysis showed that, in a cohort of asthma patients, being at high risk for OSA, women, having uncontrolled rhinitis, and GINA steps 4-5 were linked to uncontrolled asthma.

After studying sweat metabolic changes, investigators noted significant effects in the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, energy metabolism, the urea cycle, and metabolic pathways connected to oxidative stress due to OSA and the severity stage.

Compared to individuals without OSA and regular sleep, individuals with OSA combined with severely irregular sleep had the highest odds of hypertension, according to a new study.

A new study found the risk of Long COVID for short sleepers with pre-existing medical conditions was 3-fold higher than average-length sleepers without pre-existing conditions.

Participants with poor sleep quality were 85% more likely to have poor cognitive performance on the Stroop test than participants with good sleep quality, a new study found.

In an interview, Hassan Dashti, PhD, RD, discusses the main takeaway of a study on anorexia nervosa being associated with the morning chronotype.

A new study found individuals with anorexia nervosa were associated with having a morning chronotype and vice versa.