1
Q
Adverse effects daylight saving time
- introduction and methods
- Medina
A
- Need time to adapt to DST
- adolescents and students more susceptible to adverse effects of DST
- group students objective and subjective measurements during 2 weeks surrounding DST
- sleep duration measured by actigraphy and sleep diary
- daytime performance measured by psychomotor vigilance test and sleepiness scale
2
Q
Adverse effects daylight saving time
- results
- Medina
A
- decreased sleep time
- cumulative sleep loss 2h 42 min, average 32min/night
- increase sleep duration on saturdays
- increased daytime sleepiness
- increase reaction times
3
Q
Adverse effects daylight saving time
- discussion
- Medina
A
- decline sleep duration with 2h sleep loss
- increase subjective daytime somnolence
- drop vigilance test performance
- decline in cognitive function
