@article{ref1,
title="Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in adults: a population analysis of the NHANES from 2005 to 2018",
journal="Regional anesthesia and pain medicine",
year="2021",
author="Diep, Calvin and Tian, Chenchen and Vachhani, Kathak and Won, Christine and Wijeysundera, Duminda N. and Clarke, Hance and Singh, Mandeep and Ladha, Karim S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: While popularly consumed for its perceived benefits as a sleeping aid, the impact of cannabis on sleep-wake regulation in clinical studies is inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in a nationally representative dataset. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis of adults was undertaken using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2005 to 2018. Respondents were dichotomized as recent users or non-users if they had used or not used cannabis in the past 30 days, respectively. The primary outcome was nightly sleep duration, categorized as short (<6 hours), optimal (6-9 hours), and long (>9 hours). Multinomial logistic regression was used to adjust for sociodemographic and health-related covariates, and survey sample weights were used in modeling. <br><br>RESULTS: From a sample representing approximately 146 million adults in the USA, 14.5% reported recent cannabis use. In an adjusted analysis, recent users were more likely than non-users to report both short sleep (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.59, p<0.001) and long sleep (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.96, p<0.001). Heavy users (≥20 of the past 30 days) were even more likely to be at the extremes of nightly sleep duration. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Recent cannabis use was associated with the extremes of nightly sleep duration in a nationally representative sample of adults, with suggestions of a dose-response relationship. Our findings highlight the need to further characterize the sleep health of regular cannabis users in the population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1532-8651",
doi="10.1136/rapm-2021-103161",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-103161"
}