Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: A Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society

Nathaniel F Watson; M Safwan Badr; Gregory Belenky; Donald L Bliwise; Orfeu M Buxton; Daniel Buysse; David F Dinges; James Gangwisch; Michael A Grandner; Clete Kushida; Raman K Malhotra; Jennifer L Martin; Sanjay R Patel; Stuart F Quan; Esra Tasali

doi:10.5665/sleep.4716

Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: A Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society

Sleep. 2015 Jun 1;38(6):843-4. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4716.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
² Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
³ Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
⁴ Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁵ Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
⁶ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁷ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁸ Columbia University, New York, NY.
⁹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
¹⁰ Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
¹¹ University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
¹² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
¹³ The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Sleep is essential for optimal health. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society (SRS) developed a consensus recommendation for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in adults, using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method process. The recommendation is summarized here. A manuscript detailing the conference proceedings and evidence supporting the final recommendation statement will be published in SLEEP and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes
Adolescent
Adult
Consensus
Health*
Humans
Middle Aged
Sleep / physiology*
Sleep Medicine Specialty
Time Factors
United States
Young Adult

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding