Authors
Leah A Irish, Christopher E Kline, Heather E Gunn, Daniel J Buysse, Martica H Hall
Publication date
2015/8/1
Source
Sleep medicine reviews
Volume
22
Pages
23-36
Publisher
WB Saunders
Description
The ineffectiveness of sleep hygiene as a treatment in clinical sleep medicine has raised some interesting questions. If it is known that, individually, each specific component of sleep hygiene is related to sleep, why wouldn't addressing multiple individual components (i.e., sleep hygiene education) improve sleep? Is there still a use for sleep hygiene? Global public health concern over sleep has increased demand for sleep promotion strategies accessible to the population. However, the extent to which sleep hygiene strategies apply outside clinical settings is not well known. The present review sought to evaluate the empirical evidence for sleep hygiene recommendations regarding exercise, stress management, noise, sleep timing, and avoidance of caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and daytime napping, with a particular emphasis on their public health utility. Thus, our review is not intended to be exhaustive regarding the …
Scholar articles
LA Irish, CE Kline, HE Gunn, DJ Buysse, MH Hall - Sleep medicine reviews, 2015