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Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 10 15; 16(10):1781-1784.JC

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The last several years have seen intense debate about the issue of transitioning between standard and daylight saving time. In the United States, the annual advance to daylight saving time in spring, and fall back to standard time in autumn, is required by law (although some exceptions are allowed under the statute). An abundance of accumulated evidence indicates that the acute transition from standard time to daylight saving time incurs significant public health and safety risks, including increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events, mood disorders, and motor vehicle crashes. Although chronic effects of remaining in daylight saving time year-round have not been well studied, daylight saving time is less aligned with human circadian biology-which, due to the impacts of the delayed natural light/dark cycle on human activity, could result in circadian misalignment, which has been associated in some studies with increased cardiovascular disease risk, metabolic syndrome and other health risks. It is, therefore, the position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine that these seasonal time changes should be abolished in favor of a fixed, national, year-round standard time.

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Rishi MA
Department of Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Ahmed O
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Barrantes Perez JH
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Berneking M
Concentra, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Dombrowsky J
8 Hour Sleep Clinic, El Paso, Texas.
Flynn-Evans EE
Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.
Santiago V
Sleep Medicine, The Permanente Medical Group, Manteca, California.
Sullivan SS
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary, Asthma & Sleep Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California. Eval Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.
Upender R
Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Yuen K
Sleep Disorders Center, UCSF Health, San Francisco, California.
Abbasi-Feinberg F
Sleep Medicine, Millennium Physician Group, Fort Myers, Florida.
Aurora RN
Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Carden KA
Saint Thomas Medical Partners - Sleep Specialists, Nashville, Tennessee.
Kirsch DB
Sleep Medicine, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Kristo DA
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Malhotra RK
Sleep Medicine Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Martin JL
Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, North Hills, California. David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Olson EJ
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Ramar K
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Rosen CL
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rowley JA
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Shelgikar AV
University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Gurubhagavatula I
Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Corporal Michael Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

MeSH

Accidents, TrafficCircadian RhythmHumansPhotoperiodSeasonsSleepUnited States

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32844740

Citation

Rishi, Muhammad Adeel, et al. "Daylight Saving Time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, vol. 16, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1781-1784.
Rishi MA, Ahmed O, Barrantes Perez JH, et al. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(10):1781-1784.
Rishi, M. A., Ahmed, O., Barrantes Perez, J. H., Berneking, M., Dombrowsky, J., Flynn-Evans, E. E., Santiago, V., Sullivan, S. S., Upender, R., Yuen, K., Abbasi-Feinberg, F., Aurora, R. N., Carden, K. A., Kirsch, D. B., Kristo, D. A., Malhotra, R. K., Martin, J. L., Olson, E. J., Ramar, K., ... Gurubhagavatula, I. (2020). Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 16(10), 1781-1784. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.8780
Rishi MA, et al. Daylight Saving Time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 10 15;16(10):1781-1784. PubMed PMID: 32844740.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. AU - Rishi,Muhammad Adeel, AU - Ahmed,Omer, AU - Barrantes Perez,Jairo H, AU - Berneking,Michael, AU - Dombrowsky,Joseph, AU - Flynn-Evans,Erin E, AU - Santiago,Vicente, AU - Sullivan,Shannon S, AU - Upender,Raghu, AU - Yuen,Kin, AU - Abbasi-Feinberg,Fariha, AU - Aurora,R Nisha, AU - Carden,Kelly A, AU - Kirsch,Douglas B, AU - Kristo,David A, AU - Malhotra,Raman K, AU - Martin,Jennifer L, AU - Olson,Eric J, AU - Ramar,Kannan, AU - Rosen,Carol L, AU - Rowley,James A, AU - Shelgikar,Anita V, AU - Gurubhagavatula,Indira, PY - 2020/8/28/pubmed PY - 2021/6/24/medline PY - 2020/8/27/entrez SP - 1781 EP - 1784 JF - Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine JO - J Clin Sleep Med VL - 16 IS - 10 N2 - None: The last several years have seen intense debate about the issue of transitioning between standard and daylight saving time. In the United States, the annual advance to daylight saving time in spring, and fall back to standard time in autumn, is required by law (although some exceptions are allowed under the statute). An abundance of accumulated evidence indicates that the acute transition from standard time to daylight saving time incurs significant public health and safety risks, including increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events, mood disorders, and motor vehicle crashes. Although chronic effects of remaining in daylight saving time year-round have not been well studied, daylight saving time is less aligned with human circadian biology-which, due to the impacts of the delayed natural light/dark cycle on human activity, could result in circadian misalignment, which has been associated in some studies with increased cardiovascular disease risk, metabolic syndrome and other health risks. It is, therefore, the position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine that these seasonal time changes should be abolished in favor of a fixed, national, year-round standard time. SN - 1550-9397 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32844740/Daylight_saving_time:_an_American_Academy_of_Sleep_Medicine_position_statement_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -