Publications by authors named "N Nahmod"

Objectives: Short sleep duration is associated with poor physical health in college students. Few studies examine the effects of sleep extension on physical health in this population, who are susceptible to sleep loss. We examined health effects of a 1-week, 1-hour nightly sleep extension in college students.

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  • Researchers developed a sleep/wake classifier using actigraphy data from ActiWatch Spectrum devices, which effectively operates without needing to know the specific in-bed timing during free-living scenarios.
  • The classifier, based on a temporal convolutional network (a type of deep learning model), performed as well or better than existing algorithms like the Oakley classifier when evaluated over 24-hour periods and within specific in-bed intervals.
  • However, when tested on a separate dataset (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), the classifier's performance dropped significantly, particularly when focused only on in-bed times.
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Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationships of actigraphic nighttime sleep duration and quality with next-day mood among urban adolescents using a micro-longitudinal design.

Methods: A subsample (N = 525) of participants from the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study (mean age: 15.4 years; 53% female; 42% Black non-Hispanic, 24% Hispanic/Latino, 19% White non-Hispanic) in the United States between 2014 and 2016 concurrently wore a wrist actigraphic sleep monitor and rated their daily mood in electronic diaries for about 1 week.

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Differential social and contextual environments may contribute to adolescent sleep disparities, yet most prior studies are limited to self-reported sleep data and have not been conducted at a national level, limiting the variation in neighborhood contexts. This study examined the association between neighborhood disadvantage and objective measures of adolescent sleep. A racially and geographically diverse sample of American adolescents (N = 682) wore wrist-worn accelerometers, "actigraphs," for ≥ 5 nights.

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