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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2021

Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement.

Kannan Ramar, Raman K Malhotra, Kelly A Carden, Jennifer L Martin, Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, R Nisha Aurora, Vishesh K Kapur, Eric J Olson, Carol L Rosen, James A Rowley and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 299 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

299 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Digital Devices Use and Sleep in Adolescents: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  8. Impact of positive airway pressure for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure on sleep quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Kannan RamarDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Raman K MalhotraSleep Medicine Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Kelly A CardenSaint Thomas Medical Partners - Sleep Specialists, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jennifer L MartinVeteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, North Hills, California.
Fariha Abbasi-FeinbergSleep Medicine, Millennium Physician Group, Fort Myers, Florida.
R Nisha AuroraDepartment of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Vishesh K KapurDivision of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Eric J OlsonDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Carol L RosenDepartment of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
James A RowleyWayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Anita V ShelgikarUniversity of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Lynn Marie TrottiEmory Sleep Center and Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

citationSleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimental for health, well-being, and public safety. Healthy People 2030 includes several sleep-related objectives with the goal to improve health, productivity, well-being, quality of life, and safety by helping people get enough sleep. In addition to adequate sleep duration, healthy sleep requires good quality, appropriate timing, regularity, and the absence of sleep disorders. It is the position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) that sleep is essential to health. There is a significant need for greater emphasis on sleep health in education, clinical practice, inpatient and long-term care, public health promotion, and the workplace. More sleep and circadian research is needed to further elucidate the importance of sleep for public health and the contributions of insufficient sleep to health disparities. CITATION: Ramar K, Malhotra RK, Carden KA, et al. Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement.

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Sleep Medicine SpecialtySleep Wake DisordersAcademies and InstitutesHumansQuality of LifeSleepUnited States

Identifiers

PMID34170250
PMCPMC8494094

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