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Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: A Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society

N. Watson, M. Badr, G. Belenky, D. Bliwise, O. Buxton, Daniel J Buysse, D. Dinges, James E. Gangwisch, M. Grandner, C. Kushida, R. Malhotra, Jennifer L Martin, Sanjay R. Patel, S. Quan, E. Tasali, M. Twery, J. Croft, E. Maher, Jerome A. Barrett, Sherene M. Thomas, Jonathan L. Heald

2015.6.15Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4758

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A consensus recommendation for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in adults, using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method process is developed, summarized here.

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WATSON, N., et al. Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: A joint consensus statement of the american academy of sleep medicine and sleep research society. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2015, 11: 591–592.