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Dear Colleagues,

As is well known, sleep problems have a huge impact on human health in children, adolescents, adults, including workers, and the perinatal and elderly. In particular, insomnia, sleep–wake rhythm, and sleep debt are shown to negatively associated with physical/mental health and work performance such as pain, diabetes, fatigue, depression, anxiety, addiction, loneliness, presenteeism

Interestingly, it has also been reported in recent years that relieving sleep problems can directly promote physical/mental health and work performance. In addition, it has been shown that psychological intervention, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, and a new generation of hypnotics, such as orexin receptor antagonists, are more effective in treating depression and act via improvement of insomnia. However, there is still much that remains unknown.

For this Special Issue, we invite cross-sectional and cohort studies, experimental studies, clinical trials, meta-analysis and systematic reviews that investigate the effects of sleep problems on physical/mental health and work performance. Studies that contribute to the development of psychological and pharmacological interventions are especially welcome.

Dr. Isa Okajima
Dr. Yoshikazu Takaesu
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Keywords

insomnia
sleep–wake rhythm
sleep debt
social jetlag
sleep disorders
depression
anxiety
bipolar disorder
loneliness
cognitive behavioral therapy

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A Comparison between Perceptions of Psychiatric Outpatients and Psychiatrists Regarding Benzodiazepine Use and Decision Making for Its Discontinuation: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Japan

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(7), 5373; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075373 - 03 Apr 2023

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Background: Although long-term use of benzodiazepines and z-drugs (BZDs) is not recommended, little is known about the stakeholders’ perceptions. This study aimed to assess and compare the perceptions of BZD use and decision making regarding its discontinuation between psychiatric outpatients and psychiatrists. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Results: Of 104 outpatients, 92% were taking hypnotics and 96% were taking anxiolytics for ≥a year, while 49% were willing to taper hypnotic/anxiolytics within a year of starting. Most psychiatrists felt that “patient and psychiatrist make the decision together on an equal basis” compared to patients (p < 0.001), while more patients felt that “the decision is (was) made considering the psychiatrists’ opinion” compared to psychiatrists (p < 0.001). Of 543 psychiatrists, 79% reported “patients were not willing to discontinue hypnotic/anxiolytic” whereas a certain number of patients conveyed “psychiatrists did not explain in enough detail about hypnotic/anxiolytic discontinuation such as procedure (18.3%), timing (19.2%), and appropriate condition (14.4%)”. Conclusion: The results suggest that the majority of psychiatric outpatients were taking hypnotic/anxiolytics for a long time against their will. There might be a difference in perceptions toward hypnotic/anxiolytic use and decision making for its discontinuation between psychiatric outpatients and psychiatrists. Further research is necessary to fill this gap. Full article

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Sleep Debt Mediates the Relationship between Work-Related Social Factors, Presenteeism, and Well-Being in Japanese Workers

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(7), 5310; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075310 - 29 Mar 2023

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Sleep debt is associated with presenteeism and mental health; however, the association of sleep debt with presenteeism and well-being in the context of work-related social factors (commuting time, workdays, and working hours) has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to examine whether work-related social factors are associated with presenteeism and well-being via sleep debt. The participant group comprised 872 full-time and 526 part-time workers (mean age: 44.65 ± 12.37 and 48.47 ± 12.93 years, respectively). For both the full-time and part-time workers, increased sleep debt was significantly associated with presenteeism (

β

= −0.171;

β

= −0.160) and low well-being (

β

= −0.135;

β

= −0.153). Notably, commuting time was significantly associated with increased sleep debt in full-time workers (

β

= 0.09). In contrast, the number of workdays was significantly associated with increased sleep debt in part-time workers (

β

= −0.102). Working hours were not significantly associated with sleep debt for both full- and part-time workers. These results reveal that sleep debt might lead to various risks among workers, elucidating the work-related social factors related to sleep debt. They also highlight the importance of considering work-related social factors when addressing sleep debt. Full article

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