ArticleThe Science of the total environment2023
Nighttime ambient temperature and sleep in community-dwelling older adults.
Article in The Science of the total environment, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Investigating the relationship of indoor temperature and humidity with sleeping quality in private residential care homes for persons with disabilities in Hong Kong.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Sleep Health and Sleep Environment Factors in Individuals with Cancer Undergoing Outpatient Chemotherapy: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Association between residential proximity to major roadways and sleep health in older Chinese people: the moderating role of living environments.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceived indoor temperature extremes are associated with sleep health among women in the United States.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Ambient and Bedroom Heat in Relation to Sleep Health in a Marginalized Community That Is One of the Hottest in Los Angeles.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Climate warming may undermine sleep duration and quality in repeated-measure study of 23 million records.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Sleep Health in Human Biology Research.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Conducting polymer hydrogels based on supramolecular strategies for wearable sensors.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2024Review
- Environmental stressors, sleep, and a visit from St. Nicholas.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2023Article
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Abstract
This longitudinal study examines the association between bedroom nighttime temperature and sleep quality in a sample of community dwelling older adults. Using wearable sleep monitors and environmental sensors, we assessed sleep duration, efficiency, and restlessness over an extended period within participants' homes while controlling for potential confounders and covariates. Our findings demonstrated that sleep was most efficient and restful when nighttime ambient temperature ranged between 20 and 25 °C, with a clinically relevant 5-10 % drop in sleep efficiency when the temperature increased from 25 °C to 30 °C. The associations were primarily nonlinear, and substantial between-subject variations were observed. These results highlight the potential to enhance sleep quality in older adults by optimizing home thermal environments and emphasize the importance of personalized temperature adjustments based on individual needs and circumstances. Additionally, our study underscores the potential impact of climate change on sleep quality in older adults, particularly those with lower socioeconomic status, and supports increasing their adaptive capacity in the face of a changing climate.
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