Adverse Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Adolescents' Sleep and Vigilance | Zendy

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Adverse Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Adolescents' Sleep and Vigilance

Author(s) -

Diana Carolina López-Medina,

Matthew R. Ebben,

Sara F. Milrad,

Brianna Atkinson,

Ana C. Krieger

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.4938

Subject(s) - vigilance (psychology) , actigraphy , psychomotor vigilance task , medicine , sleep deprivation , audiology , psychology , physical therapy , circadian rhythm , neuroscience

Daylight saving time (DST) has been established with the intent to reduce energy expenditure, however unintentional effects on sleep and vigilance have not been consistently measured. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that DST adversely affects high school students' sleep and vigilance on the school days following its implementation.

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