0173 Spring Forward, Fall Back: Increased Patient Safety-Related Adverse Events Following the Spring Time Change

Kolla, Bhanuprakash; Coombes, Brandon J.; Morgenthaler, Timothy I.; Mansukhani, MP

doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.171

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…[5] [6] Recent data also indicates a substantial increase in human-error related medical mistakes the rst week after switching to daylight saving time. [7] The outcomes are hypothesized to occur for a variety of reasons including circadian timing shifts, light exposure, and sleep loss. In contrast, the longer-lasting (i.e., beyond the rst week) effects of DST are less well studied.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lingering Impacts on Sleep Following the Daylight Savings Time Transition

Owen¹,

Saeb²,

Short³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The “spring forward” change to Daylight Savings Time (DST) has been epidemiologically linked with numerous health and safety risks in the days following the transition, but direct measures of sleep are infrequently collected in community dwelling individuals. Methods: The Project Baseline Health Study (PBHS), a prospective, multicenter, longitudinal representative U.S. cohort study begin in 2017 launched a Sleep Mission in March 2021 to characterize sleep using patient-reported and wearable device measures, in free-living circumstances during the DST switch. Estimated sleep period duration, subjective restedness and quality, and watch metrics were compared before and after the DST transition during specified timeframes. Results: Of the total PBHS population of 2502 participants, 606 participants received an invitation and 419 participants opted in to the Sleep Mission (69.1%). The transition to DST resulted in both acute and lingering impacts on sleep. Acute effects included a 29.6 minute reduction in sleep period (p=0.01) and lower ratings of how well participants slept, as well as reduced next-day restedness. In the week following the time change, a persistent reduction in restedness scores, and a trend towards a decrease in sleeping heart rate variability were observed. Conclusion: The Daylight Savings Time transition is associated with an acute reduction in sleep period, and lingering impacts on self-reported restedness, as well as a trend towards reduced heart rate variability into the week following the transition. This work adds to a growing understanding of the persistence of impacts on sleep health metrics due to the DST transition.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lingering Impacts on Sleep Following the Daylight Savings Time Transition

Owen¹,

Saeb²,

Short³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Lingering impacts on sleep following the Daylight Savings Time transition in the Project Baseline Health Study

Owen

Saeb

Short

et al. 2022

Sleep Science Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The “spring forward” change to Daylight Savings Time (DST) has been epidemiologically linked with numerous health and safety risks in the days following the transition, but direct measures of sleep are infrequently collected in free-living individuals. Methods The Project Baseline Health Study (PBHS), a prospective, multicenter, longitudinal representative U.S. cohort study that began in 2017 launched a Sleep Mission in March 2021 to characterize sleep using patient-reported and wearable device measures, in free-living circumstances during the DST switch. Estimated sleep period duration, subjective restedness, and sleep quality were compared before and after the DST transition during specified timeframes. Results Of the total PBHS population of 2502 participants, 912 participants received an invitation and 607 responded by March 6th. Among those, 420 participants opted into the Sleep Mission (69.2%). The transition to DST resulted in both acute and lingering impacts on sleep. Acute effects included a 29.6 min reduction in sleep period (p = 0.03), increases in the proportion of patients who reported ‘sleeping poorly’ (from 1.7 to 13.6% [p < 0.01]), and with scores falling into the ‘unrested’ category (from 1.7 to 8.5% [p = 0.046]). There was also a downward trend in the proportion of participants reporting being rested in the morning following the DST transition (from 62.7% on March 7 to 49.2% on March 14 [p = 0.10]). Lingering effects included a 18.7% relative decrease in the daily likelihood of participants reporting restedness (from 49.2% in the week prior to the DST transition to 40.0% in the week after [p < 0.01]). Conclusion The DST transition is associated with an acute reduction in sleep period, as well as an increased proportion of individuals reporting poor sleep and unrestedness. The DST transition also resulted in lingering impacts on self-reported restedness, lasting into the week following the transition. This work adds to a growing understanding of the persistence of impacts on sleep health metrics due to the DST transition.

show abstract

0173 Spring Forward, Fall Back: Increased Patient Safety-Related Adverse Events Following the Spring Time Change

Cited by 2 publications

References 0 publications

Lingering Impacts on Sleep Following the Daylight Savings Time Transition

Lingering Impacts on Sleep Following the Daylight Savings Time Transition

Lingering impacts on sleep following the Daylight Savings Time transition in the Project Baseline Health Study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About