Research Article, J Sleep Disor Treat Care Vol: 2 Issue: 4
Patterns of Association of Health Problems with Sleep- Wake Timing and Duration
| Arcady A Putilov* |
| Research Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 2, Timakova Street, Novosibirsk 630117, Russia |
| Corresponding author : Dr. Arcady Putilov 11, Nipkowstr., 12489 Berlin, Germany Tel: 0049-30-61290031; Fax: 0049-30-53674643 E-mail: putilov@ngs.ru |
| Received: July 15, 2013 Accepted: September 09, 2013 Published: September 12, 2013 |
| Citation: Putilov AA (2013) Patterns of Association of Health Problems with Sleep-Wake Timing and Duration. J Sleep Disor: Treat Care 2:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9639.1000120 |
Abstract
Patterns of Association of Health Problems with Sleep- Wake Timing and Duration
Health problems show a linear relationship with preferred (earlylate) sleep timing and a U-shaped with habitual (short-long) sleep duration. The reasons for the dissimilarity between the patterns of association of health problems with sleep timing and duration remain unknown. Self-scorings of depression, anxiety, somatization, and general health status were compared in 2103 respondents typed in accord with preferred sleep timing, habitual sleep duration, and preferred (short-long) wake duration. The strongest linear associations with health self-scorings was showed by preferred wake duration, and, after accounting for it, none of the associations between health and preferred sleep timing remained statistically significant. It seems that a medical condition can lead to either short sleep durations or short wake duration, and that short wake duration can lead, in turn, to long sleep duration and late sleep timing.
