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SynthesisSleep medicine reviews2018

Effects of sleep changes on pain-related health outcomes in the general population: A systematic review of longitudinal studies with exploratory meta-analysis.

Esther F Afolalu, Fatanah Ramlee, Nicole K Y Tang

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Synthesis in Sleep medicine reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. A systematic review and meta-analysis of music interventions to improve sleep in adults with mental health problems.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024
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  7. Sleep disturbances and back pain : Systematic review and meta-analysis.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2020
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  20. Sleep and daily pain intensity among Black and White dementia caregivers.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Esther F AfolaluDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Electronic address: e.f.afolalu@warwick.ac.uk.
Fatanah RamleeDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology and Counselling, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia.
Nicole K Y TangDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Electronic address: n.tang@warwick.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging longitudinal research has highlighted poor sleep as a risk factor of a range of adverse health outcomes, including disabling pain conditions. In establishing the causal role of sleep in pain, it remains to be clarified whether sleep deterioration over time is a driver of pain and whether sleep improvement can mitigate pain-related outcomes. A systematic literature search was performed using PubMed MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, and Proquest PsycINFO, to identify 16 longitudinal studies involving 61,000 participants. The studies evaluated the effect of sleep changes (simulating sleep deterioration, sleep stability, and sleep improvement) on subsequent pain-related outcomes in the general population. A decline in sleep quality and sleep quantity was associated with a two- to three-fold increase in risk of developing a pain condition, small elevations in levels of inflammatory markers, and a decline in self-reported physical health status. An exploratory meta-analysis further revealed that deterioration in sleep was associated with worse self-reported physical functioning (medium effect size), whilst improvement in sleep was associated with better physical functioning (small effect size). The review consolidates evidence that changes in sleep are prospectively associated with pain-related outcomes and highlights the need for further longitudinal investigations on the long-term impact of sleep improvements.

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Health StatusSleepSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersHumansLongitudinal StudiesPainSelf ReportHealthLongitudinalMeta-analysisPainProspectivePublic healthSleepSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID29056414
PMCPMC5894811

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