The below two lists highlight noteworthy studies published in 2022 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine that captured the attention of the public and health care professionals.

Top 10 Altmetric Scores

Altmetric scores are calculated from the number of times the study is reported on in the news and shared on social media.

  1. Declining trend in use of medications for sleep disturbance in the United States from 2013 to 2018
  2. Gender identity and transition: relationships with sleep disorders in US youth
  3. Impact of daily caffeine intake and timing on electroencephalogram-measured sleep in adolescents
  4. Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure reduces the risk of 30-day hospital readmission among older adults with comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease
  5. Age and weight considerations for the use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in pediatric populations: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  6. The norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor reboxetine alone reduces obstructive sleep apnea severity: a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized, cross-over trial
  7. Youth, mental health, and sleep
  8. A school-based health and mindfulness curriculum improves children’s objectively measured sleep: a prospective observational cohort study
  9. A randomized sham-controlled clinical trial of a novel wearable intervention for trauma-related nightmares in military veterans
  10. Case-based, asynchronous sleep education outcomes among primary care nurse practitioner students

Top 10 Most Accessed

The most accessed articles are determined by combining article pageviews and PDF downloads as measured from the journal’s website.

  1. Restless legs syndrome is associated with long-COVID in women
  2. Autonomic dysfunction in idiopathic hypersomnia: an overlooked association and potential management
  3. What if melatonin could help patients with severe COVID-19?
  4. Sleeping through a pandemic: impact of COVID-19–related restrictions on narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia
  5. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on sleep in children with autism spectrum disorders
  6. Insomnia episodes, new-onset pharmacological treatments, and other sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Brazilian health care professionals
  7. Reliability and validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index among frontline COVID-19 health care workers using classical test theory and item response theory
  8. A transition to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine–recommended hypopnea definition in adults: initiatives of the Hypopnea Scoring Rule Task Force
  9. Is bilevel PAP more effective than CPAP in treating hypercapnic obese patients with COPD and severe OSA?
  10. Age and weight considerations for the use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in pediatric populations: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The monthly, online publication features original scientific investigations, reviews, case reports and commentaries applicable to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Read more sleep research on the website of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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