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Don't sleep with your pooch

Ruff news: Man’s best friend may keep you from fetching sleep.

That’s the takeaway of a small but provocative study titled “The Effect of Dogs on Human Sleep in the Home Sleep Environment” in the September issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Investigators studied 40 healthy adults with pooches but no sleep disorders over five months. Subjects and their dogs wore activity trackers to track their sleeping habits for seven nights.

Researchers found that “humans with a single dog in their bedroom maintained good sleep efficiency; however, the dog’s position on/off the bed made a difference.”

Bottom line: Regardless of breed or size, dogs in the bedroom was fine. Canines actually in the bed, not so much.

“Human sleep efficiency was lower,” researchers noted, “if the dog was on the bed as opposed to simply in the room.”
 
Whoa. we discussed that original article in my sleep seminar class just last week. worlds are colliding; a george divided against itself cannot stand.
 
MonkeyZero said:
Your tax dollars hard at work there!
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Abstract
Objective
To objectively assess whether a dog in the bedroom or bed disturbs sleep.

Participants and Methods
From August 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, we evaluated the sleep of humans and dogs occupying the same bedroom to determine whether this arrangement was conducive to sleep. The study included 40 healthy adults without sleep disorders and their dogs (no dogs <6 months old). Each participant wore an accelerometer and their dog a validated dog accelerometer for 7 nights.

Results
The mean ± SD age of the participants (88% women) was 44±14 years and body mass index was 25±6. The mean ± SD age of the dogs was 5±3 years and weight was 15±13 kg. Mean ± SD actigraphy data showed 475±101 minutes in bed, 404±99 minutes total sleep time, 81%±7% sleep efficiency, and 71±35 minutes wake time after sleep onset. The dogs' accelerometer activity during the corresponding human sleep period was characterized as mean ± SD minutes at rest, active, and at play of 413±102, 62±43, and 2±4. The dogs had mean ± SD 85%±15% sleep efficiency. Human sleep efficiency was lower if the dog was on the bed as opposed to simply in the room (P=.003).

Conclusion
Humans with a single dog in their bedroom maintained good sleep efficiency; however, the dog's position on/off the bed made a difference. A dog's presence in the bedroom may not be disruptive to human sleep, as was previously suspected.


Grant Support: This study was funded by a small projects grant from Mayo Clinic in Arizona. The Actiwatches and FitBarks were purchased from the manufacturers.

Data Previously Presented: These data were presented as an abstract at the 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC in Denver, CO.
 
I was under the assumption it was funded with grants but grant dollars hard at work sounds silly.

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indirectly, it's at least partially tax dollars hard at work; the mayo clinic definitely gets some federal funds for research. those small projects grants are tiny though (like $5k) compared to 'typical' federal grants, like an NIH r01.
 
the most interesting thing I took away from reading the paper was that people actually make/buy dogue fitbits. (cross-posting opportunity for the "getting my steps in" thread!).

they're called "fitbarks"!
 
yabba said:
Whoa. we discussed that original article in my sleep seminar class just last week. worlds are colliding; a george divided against itself cannot stand.
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Next time your class studies it you should mention me as a study sample....

I generally fall asleep on the sofa with Sonny curled up at one end. I wake brush teeth, etc, let dogs out , etc then I go to bed and listen to a podcast and eventually fall asleep probably between 12:15 and 1 ish At apx. 4 am sunny is standing over me and/or licking my face to let me know that it is now time to rise and shine and feed him. I am up by 4:30 :embarrassed: *spits*
 
DdBob said:
Next time your class studies it you should mention me as a study sample....

I generally fall asleep on the sofa with Sonny curled up at one end. I wake brush teeth, etc, let dogs out , etc then I go to bed and listen to a podcast and eventually fall asleep probably between 12:15 and 1 ish At apx. 4 am sunny is standing over me and/or licking my face to let me know that it is now time to rise and shine and feed him. I am up by 4:30 :embarrassed: *spits*
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you'd be a great case study for lack of sleep at ~4 hours a night :embarrassed: At that rate, you're probably sleep-deprived enough that your homeostatic sleep drive is so strong that no dogue based disruptions are going to disturb you.
 
yabba said:
you'd be a great case study for lack of sleep at ~4 hours a night :embarrassed: At that rate, you're probably sleep-deprived enough that your homeostatic sleep drive is so strong that no dogue based disruptions are going to disturb you.
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I think he gets at least a few hours in the evening. Sonny needs to come correct, though. *spits*
 
yabba said:
you'd be a great case study for lack of sleep at ~4 hours a night :embarrassed: At that rate, you're probably sleep-deprived enough that your homeostatic sleep drive is so strong that no dogue based disruptions are going to disturb you.
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actually I get more than that. I nod off usually around 7-8 and sleep about 2-3 hours then I get another round of 2- 3 hours so I probably average like 5 1/2 to 6 hours :embarrassed:
 
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