Studies // Cited work
The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence
Irish, L. A., Kline, C. E., Gunn, H. E., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2015). The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence.
Level D Review doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2014.10.001
What this study supports
Supports the claims that sleep hygiene education has been ineffective as a clinical treatment and that, although individual recommendations are associated with nocturnal sleep, their direct effects remain largely untested in the general population. Narrative review.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review of evidence for individual sleep hygiene recommendations in the general population.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Sleep hygiene education has been ineffective as a clinical treatment, and although individual recommendations are associated with better sleep, their direct effects in the general population remain largely untested.
- Scope
- Recommendations on exercise, stress management, noise, timing, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and napping.
- Caveat
- A narrative review; it does not evaluate structured insomnia treatments delivered by clinicians.
Last reviewed · Review due · sleep-hygiene-evidence-limited