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Staying vigilant during recurrent sleep restriction: dose-response effects of time-in-bed and benefits of daytime napping.


ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

We characterized vigilance deterioration with increasing time-on-task (ToT) during recurrent sleep restriction of different extents on simulated weekdays and recovery sleep on weekends, and tested the effectiveness of afternoon napping in ameliorating ToT-related deficits.

Methods

In the Need for Sleep studies, 194 adolescents (age = 15-19 years) underwent two baseline nights of 9-h time-in-bed (TIB), followed by two cycles of weekday manipulation nights and weekend recovery nights (9-h TIB). They were allocated 9 h, 8 h, 6.5 h, or 5 h of TIB for nocturnal sleep on weekdays. Three additional groups with 5 h or 6.5 h TIB were given an afternoon nap opportunity (5 h + 1 h, 5 h + 1.5 h, and 6.5 h + 1.5 h). ToT effects were quantified by performance change from the first 2 min to the last 2 min in a 10-min Psychomotor Vigilance Task administered daily.

Results

The 9 h and the 8 h groups showed comparable ToT effects that remained at baseline levels throughout the protocol. ToT-related deficits were greater among the 5 h and the 6.5 h groups, increased prominently in the second week of sleep restriction despite partial recuperation during the intervening recovery period and diverged between these two groups from the fifth sleep-restricted night. Daytime napping attenuated ToT effects when nocturnal sleep restriction was severe (i.e. 5-h TIB/night), and held steady at baseline levels for a milder dose of nocturnal sleep restriction when total TIB across 24 h was within the age-specific recommended sleep duration (i.e. 6.5 h + 1.5 h).

Conclusions

Reducing TIB beyond the recommended duration significantly increases ToT-associated vigilance impairment, particularly during recurrent periods of sleep restriction. Daytime napping is effective in ameliorating such decrement.

Clinical trial registration

NCT02838095, NCT03333512, and NCT04044885.

SUBMITTER: Lo JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996029 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Staying vigilant during recurrent sleep restriction: dose-response effects of time-in-bed and benefits of daytime napping.

Lo June Chi-Yan JC   Koa Tiffany B TB   Ong Ju Lynn JL   Gooley Joshua J JJ   Chee Michael W L MWL  

Sleep 20220401 4


<h4>Study objectives</h4>We characterized vigilance deterioration with increasing time-on-task (ToT) during recurrent sleep restriction of different extents on simulated weekdays and recovery sleep on weekends, and tested the effectiveness of afternoon napping in ameliorating ToT-related deficits.<h4>Methods</h4>In the Need for Sleep studies, 194 adolescents (age = 15-19 years) underwent two baseline nights of 9-h time-in-bed (TIB), followed by two cycles of weekday manipulation nights and weeke  ...[more]

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