Sleep and Alcohol Use Patterns During Federal Holidays and Daylight Saving Time Transitions in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Capodilupo ER ; Czeisler MÉ ; Czeisler, Charles A. ; Heacock RM ; Howard ME ; Rajaratnam SMW ; Weaver MD ; Capodilupo ER ; Czeisler MÉ ; Czeisler, Charles A. ; Heacock RM ; Howard ME ; Rajaratnam SMW ; Weaver MD
• Description:
  We conducted a retrospective observational study using remote wearable and mobile application data to evaluate whether US public holidays or Daylight Saving Time transitions were associated with significant changes in sleep behaviors, including sleep duration, sleep onset and offset, and the consistency of sleep timing, as well as changes in the point prevalence of alcohol use. These metrics were analyzed using objective, high resolution sleep-wake data (10,350,760 sleep episodes) and 5,777,008 survey responses of 24,250 US subscribers (74.5% male; mean age of 37.6 +/- 9.8 years) to the wrist-worn biometric device platform, WHOOP (Boston, Massachusetts, United States), who were active users during 1 May 2020, through 1 May 2021. Compared to baseline, statistically significant differences in sleep and alcohol measures were found on most DST transitions, US public holidays, and their eves. For example, New Year's Eve corresponded with a sleep consistency decrease of 13.8 +/- 0.3%, a sleep onset delay of 88.9 +/- 3.2 min (00:01 vs. 22:33 baseline) later, a sleep offset delay of 78.1 +/- 3.1 min (07:56 vs. 06:39), and an increase in the prevalence of alcohol consumption, with more than twice as many participants having reported alcohol consumption [+138.0% +/- 6.7 (74.2% vs. 31.2%)] compared to baseline. In this analysis of a non-random sample of mostly male subscribers conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of US public holidays and holiday eves were associated with sample-level increases in sleep duration, decreases in sleep consistency, later sleep onset and offset, and increases in the prevalence of alcohol consumption. Future work would be warranted to explore the generalizability of these findings and their public health implications, including in more representative samples and over longer time intervals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Alcoholic Beverages Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Sleep
• Keywords:
  Alcohol Author Keywords: Daylight Saving Time Biological Rhythms COVID-19 Holidays Sleep Consistency Sleep Duration Sleep Timing Substance Use Wearable Devices Wearable Technologies Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  1664-042X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067876
• Citation:
  Front Physiol 2022 Jul; 13:884154
• Contact Point Address:
  Emily R. Capodilupo, Whoop Inc., Boston, MA, United States
• Email:
  emily@whoop.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20190901
• Source Full Name:
  Frontiers in Physiology
• End Date:
  20230831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:396265681e23111533d84ad55fd41e27e91ba8fbd3980160c23b8349a4f692560d9b538cd0975ba10f5040be7984768d71069654769e0e6832b0ebec386aff24
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230115/cdc_230115_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.81 MB ]