Reported sleep duration reveals segmentation of the adult life-course into three phases

A. Coutrot; A. S. Lazar; M. Richards; E. Manley; J. M. Wiener; R. C. Dalton; M. Hornberger; H. J. Spiers

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34624-8

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Reported sleep duration reveals segmentation of the adult life-course into three phases

A. Coutrot,
A. S. Lazar,
M. Richards,
E. Manley,
J. M. Wiener,
R. C. Dalton,
M. Hornberger,
H. J. Spiers

Affiliations

A. Coutrot: LIRIS—CNRS—University of Lyon
A. S. Lazar: Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
M. Richards: Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London
E. Manley: School of Geography, University of Leeds
J. M. Wiener: Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University
R. C. Dalton: School of Architecture, Lancaster University
M. Hornberger: Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
H. J. Spiers: Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, University College London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34624-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Sleep varies within and between individuals. Here, using self-reported sleep duration from a large sample of participants across 63 countries, the authors show three phases in the adult human life-course, consistent across culture, gender, education and other demographics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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