@article{ref1,
title="A sleep intervention study comparing effects of sleep restriction and fragmentation on sleep and vigilance and the need for recovery",
journal="Physiology and behavior",
year="2019",
author="Laharnar, Naima and Fatek, Joanna and Zemann, Maria and Glos, Martin and Lederer, Katharina and Suvorov, Alexander V. and Demin, Artem V. and Penzel, Thomas and Fietze, Ingo",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: Sleep deprivation is present not only in sleep disorders but also in numerous high demanding jobs and negatively affects cognition, performance and health. We developed a study design to distinguish the effects and need for recovery of two short-term disturbances - intermittent sleep fragmentation and partial sleep restriction. <br><br>METHODS: The randomized within-subjects design contained two weeks each with a baseline night, an intervention night of either sleep deprivation (5 hours) or sleep fragmentation (light on every hour) and two undisturbed recovery nights. Twenty healthy male participants (mean age: 39.9 ± 7.4 years, mean BMI: 25.5 ± 2.2 kg/m²) underwent polysomnography, a psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), and subjective questions on well-being and sleep efficiency. <br><br>RESULTS: Percentage-wise, the restriction night had significant less wake times, less light sleep (stage 1), less REM sleep, but more deep sleep (stage 3) than the fragmentation night. The restriction week displayed a significant recovery effect regarding these sleep stages. The sleep fragmentation week presented a significant recovery effect regarding sleep onset times. PVT performance showed only a slight recovery effect after sleep restriction. Subjective sleep quality was reduced after both interventions with a significant recovery effect during restriction week only. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Short-term sleep restriction presented as a stronger sleep disturbance than short-term intermittent sleep fragmentation, including a stronger need for recovery. Already a one night sleep deprivation had an effect beyond two recovery days. The PVT was not sensitive enough to reveal significant changes. Next, autonomic parameters as possible biomarkers will be investigated.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9384",
doi="10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112794",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112794"
}