Personalized sleep-wake patterns aligned with circadian rhythm relieve daytime sleepiness.

ABSTRACT: Shift workers and many other groups experience irregular sleep-wake patterns. This can induce excessive daytime sleepiness that decreases productivity and elevates the risk of accidents. However, the degree of daytime sleepiness is not correlated with standard sleep parameters like total sleep time, suggesting other factors are involved. Here, we analyze real-world sleep-wake patterns of shift workers measured with wearables by developing a computational package that simulates homeostatic sleep pressure - physiological need for sleep - and the circadian rhythm. This reveals that shift workers who align sleep-wake patterns with their circadian rhythm have lower daytime sleepiness, even if they sleep less. The alignment, quantified by the sleep parameter, circadian sleep sufficiency, can be

SUBMITTER: Hong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8479255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature