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

doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2017.07.006

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

Sleep Health. 2017 Oct;3(5):317-323. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.07.006. Epub 2017 Aug 26.

Authors

Lisa Matricciani¹, Yu Sun Bin², Tea Lallukka³, Erkki Kronholm⁴, Dorothea Dumuid⁵, Catherine Paquet⁶, Tim Olds⁷

Affiliations

¹ 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: matla005@mymail.unisa.edu.au.
² Sleep Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, NSW, Australia.
³ Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Sansom Institute, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁶ Sansom Institute, Centre for Population Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁷ 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.

PMID: 28923186
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.07.006

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.

Keywords: Adults; Children; Health; Sleep; Trends.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Empirical Research
Humans
Public Health*
Sleep*
Time Factors