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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

SLEEP · 2015 · Vol. 38(6) · pp. 843–4

Nathaniel F. Watson✉(University of Washington)M. Safwan Badr(Wayne State University)Gregory Belenky(Washington State University Spokane)Donald L. Bliwise(Emory University)Orfeu M. Buxton(Pennsylvania State University)Daniel J. Buysse(University of Pittsburgh)David F. Dinges(University of Pennsylvania)James E. Gangwisch(Columbia University)Michael A. Grandner(University of Pennsylvania)Clete A. Kushida(Stanford University)Raman K. Malhotra(UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels)Jennifer L. Martin(University of California, Los Angeles)Sanjay R. Patel(Harvard University)Stuart F. Quan(Harvard University)Esra Tasali(University of Chicago)

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Abstract

Sleep is essential for optimal health. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society (SRS) developed a consensus recommendation for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in adults, using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method process. The recommendation is summarized here. A manuscript detailing the conference proceedings and evidence supporting the final recommendation statement will be published in SLEEP and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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