1. The effects of napping on night-time sleep in healthy young adults
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Melodee Mograss, Joanne Abi‐Jaoude, Emmanuel Frimpong, Diaa Chalati, Umberto Moretto, Lukia Tarelli, Andrew Lim, and Thien Thanh Dang‐Vu
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Adult ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Young Adult ,Spiperone ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ,Humans ,Sleep Deprivation ,General Medicine ,Sleep ,Actigraphy - Abstract
The discrepancies in the effects of napping on sleep quality may be due to differences in methodologies, napping behaviours, and daytime activity levels across studies. We determined whether napping behaviours and daytime activity levels are associated with night-time sleep fragmentation and sleep quality in young adults. A total of 62 healthy adults (mean [SD] age 23.5 [4.2] years) completed screening questionnaires for sleep habits, physical activity, medical and psychological history. Actigraphy was used to record sleep including naps. The fragmentation algorithm (K
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- 2022