Past, present, and future: trends in sleep duration and implications for public health.

Lisa Matricciani, Yu Sun Bin, Tea Lallukka, Erkki Kronholm, Dorothea Dumuid, Catherine Paquet, Tim Olds

Journal: Sleep health 2018;3(5):317-323

PMID: 28923186

Abstract

Sleep is important for the physical, social and mental well-being of both children and adults. Over the years, there has been a general presumption that sleep will inevitably decline with the increase in technology and a busy 24-hour modern lifestyle. This narrative review discusses the empirical evidence for secular trends in sleep duration and the implications of these trends.

Copyright © 2017 National Sleep Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Address: Sansom Institute, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].; Sleep Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, NSW, Australia.; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.; Sansom Institute, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.; Sansom Institute, Centre for Population Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.; Sansom Institute, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
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