Response to comment on "A narrative review of interventions for improving sleep and reducing circadian disruption in medical inpatients ”

We thank our colleagues for their interest in our recently published review article [1]. In our narrative review, we discussed how patient characteristics, hospital routines, and hospital environment may all contribute to sleep and circadian disruption in hospitalized patients. In their letter, Mortazavi et al., discussed the use of electronic devices, such as smartphones and e-tablets, as an additional factor that may disrupt inpatients ’ sleep and circadian rhythm [2]. Smartphones and e-tablets emit light in the blue range, and experimental studies have linked the use of blue light emitting devices during evening hours to delayed melatonin secretion and reduced evening sleepiness [3].

Source: Sleep Medicine - October 17, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Xiao Tan, Lieve van Egmond, Markku Partinen, Tanja Lange, Christian Benedict Source Type: research