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Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Mood: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Sofia Triantafillou1, Sohrab Saeb2, Emily G Lattie2,3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
JMIR Mental Health
|March 28, 2019
Summary
Good sleep quality significantly impacts daily mood more than mood affects sleep. This daily connection between sleep and mood was confirmed in a 6-week study using mobile assessments.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sleep Science
- Digital Health
Background:
- Sleep disturbances are linked to daily mood fluctuations.
- The bidirectional relationship between sleep and mood requires further investigation.
- Mobile phones offer a method for ecological momentary assessment of daily experiences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the day-to-day relationship between self-reported mood and sleep quality.
- To quantify the causal impact of sleep on mood and vice versa.
Main Methods:
- 208 adult participants completed daily mood and sleep quality assessments via mobile phones for 6 weeks.
- Participants were categorized into depressed, anxious, comorbid, and control groups.
- Mixed-effects models and propensity score matching were used to analyze the bidirectional effects.
Main Results:
- A significant bidirectional relationship was found between sleep quality and mood.
- The impact of sleep quality on subsequent mood was substantially greater than the impact of mood on sleep.
- These associations remained robust, unaffected by confounding variables like stress or weather.
Conclusions:
- Daily sleep quality and mood exhibit a strong, unidirectional relationship, with sleep quality being a more potent predictor of mood.
- Participant-specific effects were crucial in understanding this relationship.
- The observed link is not mediated by environmental factors or historical sleep/mood data.
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