Sleep Medicine Reviews

Article	Citations
Prevalence of poor sleep quality among stroke survivors: A meta-analysis and systematic review	241
Circadian preference and mental health outcomes in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis	174
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and restless leg syndrome across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis	146
Commentary on Castelnovo et al the parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide	134
The effects of mandibular advancement devices on pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: An umbrella review	117
Evaluating the endothelial and metabolic effects of CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients: Insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis	113
Sleep disturbances and sensory processing and integration in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review	104
A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms	101
Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	98
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Indian adults	96
How emotions impact sleep: A quantitative review of experiments	96
Cortisol and shiftwork: A scoping review	95
Having it both ways: The case of sleep & diet quality	92
The difficult but crucial task of knowledge translation: The case of pre-sleep technology use. Reply to Reichenberger et al. and the National Sleep Foundation's screen use recommendations	91
Associations between sleep variability and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review	89
Oximetry at the crossroads of innovation and equity in sleep apnea diagnosis	85
Management of primary snoring in adults: A scoping review examining interventions, outcomes and instruments used to assess clinical effects	78
Challenges in diagnosing NREM parasomnias: Implications for future diagnostic classifications	77
Guest editorial: Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)	76
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Can we make it work for shift work?	75
Beyond explainable AI: Enhancing trust and robustness in machine learning for sleep apnea diagnosis	75
Effect of sleep on oral health: A scoping review	72
Perioperative adverse events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing ambulatory ENT surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	70
Response to Letter to Editor “Chronotype and circadian epidemiology” by T.C. Erren, P. Morfeld and P. Lewis	69
Behavioural sleep interventions for the management of non-respiratory sleep disorders in children with neurodisability	68

Sleep after burn injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis	67
How does the brain “know” when it has had enough sleep? A hypothesis	67
Comparative efficacy of exercise modalities on sleep quality in populations with sleep disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	63
Implementing strategies to address the global burden of insomnia	62
The role of ovarian hormones in the pathophysiology of perimenopausal sleep disturbances: A systematic review	61
A systematic review of Nightmare prevalence in children	61
Erectile dysfunction and sleep related bruxism: An exploratory review of an improbable association	60
Respiratory event duration in obstructive sleep apnea: don't forget the chemical drive !	59
What is the prevalence of sleep disturbances among people with Huntington disease and pre-manifest genetic expansion carriers? A systematic review and meta-analysis	56
Handling Editor: Monica AndersenA global perspective of parent engagement with digital sleep health interventions for young children: A scoping review	53
An evaluation of psychosocial sleep interventions for children with chronic health conditions: A systematic review	51
Objective sleep markers of suicidal behaviors in patients with psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Botulinum toxin therapy for neurological disorders: Serendipitous benefits on sleep quality and underlying mechanisms	49
Should you get MAD with kids?	49
Bright light therapy in cancer: Evidence for future research and therapy	47
The impact of traumatic brain injury on sleep and associated neuroimaging changes: A systematic review	47
Designing sleep disruption: The digital persuasion underlying screen use and sleep	47
Time to take the Declaration of Helsinki seriously? A systematic review of comparison conditions in clinical trials on internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia	46
Is the composite MACE outcome an optimal measure for assessing the impact of CPAP on cardiovascular disease?	46
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea in lower extremity orthopedic procedures: A review of evidence to inform the development of a clinical pathway	46
Obstructive sleep apnea and memory impairments: Clinical characterization, treatment strategies, and mechanisms	45
Editorial Board	45
Sleep quality and architecture in Idiopathic generalized epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	44
Measuring the invisible: Anosognosia and the paradox of sleep assessment in early Huntington's disease	43
Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	43
The effects of daylight saving time and clock time transitions on sleep and sleepiness: a systematic review	42
Sleep and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Orthodontic appliances for the treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	42
Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes	41
Ru-SATED scale and Sleep Health Index: A systematic review of two leading multidimensional sleep health measures and frameworks across the globe	40
Global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies	40
The interrelationship between sleep, diet, and glucose metabolism	40
Rethinking clinical trials in restless legs syndrome: A roadmap	39
Acupuncture: A beacon of hope for primary insomnia	39
Sleep interventions for adults admitted to psychiatric inpatient settings: A systematic scoping review	39
Day-to-day associations between pain intensity and sleep outcomes in an adult chronic musculoskeletal pain population: A systematic review	39
The effect of evening light on circadian-related outcomes: A systematic review	38
Daytime napping and cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: A systematic review	37
The association between couple relationships and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis	37
A narrative review of the relationship between head and neck cancer and obstructive sleep apnea: Clinical studies and statistical analysis	36
Editorial Board	36
On the association of chemical pollutant exposures and disordered sleep outcomes	36
Toward precision medicine in delayed sleep-wake phase disorder: Definitions, dimensions, and the path to personalised care	35
Pharmacologic treatment data from chronic insomnia studies and the application to individuals with acute insomnia, a narrative review	35
Global occurrence rates of sleep disturbances among institutionalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	35
Obstructive sleep apnea and airway overlap syndromes in adults	35
Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies	34
A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate	34
Comment on Niklasson et al. The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
The association between periodontal disease, dementia, and mild cognitive Impairment: Assessing the contribution of sleep disturbances and sleep disorders	33

Effectiveness of cannabinoids on subjective sleep quality in people with and without insomnia or poor sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised studies	33
Evaluating pharmacological treatments for excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: A comprehensive network meta-analysis and systematic review	33
The impact of sleep loss on decision making: Opening the cognitive black box	33
Broken clocks: The effects of delayed school start time on adolescent sleep in solar vs. standard time	33
Advances in sleep research based on the Caenorhabditis elegans: an intestinal microbiota perspective and cutting-edge technology applications	33
Neurobiological mechanisms of sleep state misperception in insomnia disorder: A theoretical review	33
Sedative-hypnotics and osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review of observational studies with over six million individuals	32
Air pollution and sleep health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
A meta-analysis of the association between insomnia with objective short sleep duration and risk of hypertension	32
Convergent abnormality in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in insomnia disorder: A revisited neuroimaging meta-analysis of 39 studies	32
Efficacy of mandibular advancement appliances with varying designs in the management of obstructive sleep apnea in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Assessment tools for population sleep health surveillance in adults: A systematic review of validity and reliability	31
Unpacking sleep and mental health disparities across childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic and systematic review	30
Comment on Yang et al. Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies	30
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies, and their combination for the treatment of adult insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	30
Sleep apnea at the frontier— an integrated multidisciplinary functional framework	29
Associations between parental relationship dissolution and child sleep: A systematic review	29
Sleep apnea and stroke: A dynamic duo	29
Non-pharmacological and melatonin interventions for pediatric sleep initiation and maintenance problems: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	29
Commentary on Yue et al. Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	29
Comparison of the phenotypic characteristics between responders and non-responders to obstructive sleep apnea treatment using mandibular advancement devices in adult patients: Systematic review and me	29
Sensory aspects of restless legs syndrome: Clinical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging prospectives	28
Impact of one night of sleep restriction on sleepiness and cognitive function: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Prevalence of headaches and their relationship with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - Systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Adolescent perspectives of bedtime social media use: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis	28
A new year, continuing high quality and impact	27
Sleep-related breathing disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Delirium prevention with age consideration—Reply to “Comment on Yang et al., 2020: Melatonergic agents in the prevention of delirium: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”	27
Treatment for behavioral insomnia in young children with neurotypical development under 6 years of age: A systematic review	27
Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 sleep disturbances in adults at different follow-up time points: A systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Exosomes, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease: Implications for pathogenesis and promises for prevention	26
Commentary on Xue et al. The efficacy and safety of dual orexin receptor antagonists in primary insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	26
Religious and culturally conscious sleep care for Muslim patients: Clinical considerations and recommendations	25
Dietary inflammatory index (DII) and sleep quality, duration, and timing: A systematic review	25
The relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness: A meta-analysis	25
Sleep program efficacy across gender and racial/ethnic groups: A content review and meta-analysis	25
Editorial Board	24
Novel applications of sleep pharmacology as delirium therapeutics	23
Neural correlates of insomnia with depression and anxiety from a neuroimaging perspective: A systematic review	23
Neurocognitive outcomes of children with sleep disordered breathing: A systematic review with meta-analysis	23
Association between sleep duration and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review	23
Effect of orthopedic and functional orthodontic treatment in children with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Sleep alterations in major depressive disorder and insomnia disorder: A network meta-analysis of polysomnographic studies	23
Editorial Board	23
In defence of the arousal and sleep displacement hypotheses: Considering the role of automatic processes in pre-sleep technology use	22
Social determinants of health at multiple socio-ecological levels and sleep health in adolescents: A scoping review	22
Challenging beliefs for quality sleep: A systematic review of maladaptive sleep beliefs and treatment outcomes following cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia	21
Letter to the editor: Higher risk evidence underlying claims of therapist-delivered CBT-I superiority	21
Guest editorial: Phrenic nerve stimulation for treatment of central sleep apnea	21
Sleep and affect: A conceptual review	21
The PAP-RES algorithm: Defining who, why and how to use positive airway pressure therapy for OSA	21
Winding down for sleep: How behavioral, cognitive, motivational, and emotional factors interact to influence sleep regulation and health	21
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in sleep disorders	20
Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review	20
OSA, CPAP, and the impact on cardiometabolic parameters: what is next?	20
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular risk in the pediatric population: A systematic review	20
Corpus callosum agenesis: does sleep matter?	19
Weighing the evidence for excess weight and weight loss in the management of obstructive sleep apnea.‘Fat’ or fiction?	19
Editorial Board	19
Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of insomnia: a systematic literature review-based analysis	19
Learning during sleep in humans – A historical review	19
A new chapter: Embracing the role of Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Medicine Reviews	19
Nonobvious connections between napping and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Longitudinal studies of sleep, physical activity and nutritional intake in shift workers: A scoping review	19
The impact of pharmacotherapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder on sleep	19
Impact of physical therapy techniques and common interventions on sleep quality in patients with chronic pain: A systematic review	18
The association of obstructive sleep apnea with blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s dementia - A systematic review and meta-analysis	18
A scoping review of self-help cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia	18
Complex nocturnal behaviour – issues with expert evidence and the duty to the court	18
Negative health outcomes in long sleepers: The societal sleep restriction hypothesis	18
Connecting mechanistic evidence for depression, anxiety, and insomnia with neuroimaging	18
What is the nature of sleep and circadian rhythm health on gastrointestinal microbiota? A systematic review of studies in humans	18
Commentary on "The impact of maternal sleep during pregnancy on childhood health: A systematic review"	17
Editorial Board	17
Effect of phrenic nerve stimulation on patients with central sleep apnea: A meta-analysis	17
Interventions to improve sleep in caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Associations between childhood maltreatment and behavioral sleep disturbances across the lifespan: A systematic review	16
Editorial Board	16
Personality traits and pre-treatment beliefs and cognitions predicting patient adherence to continuous positive airway pressure: A systematic review	16
Sleep, mental health and physical health in new shift workers transitioning to shift work: Systematic review and meta-analysis	16

Ambient chemical and physical approaches for the modulation of sleep and wakefulness	16
Bright light therapy has a positive effect on sleep quality in patients with cancer: A meta-analysis	16
The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Changes in parental sleep from pregnancy to postpartum: A meta-analytic review of actigraphy studies	15
The impairments of sleep loss on core executive functions: General and task-specific effects	15
Effects of sleep hygiene education for insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Positive airway pressure therapies improve sleep architecture in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
The association between objective measurements of sleep quality and postural control in adults: A systematic review	14
Secondary RBD: Not just neurodegeneration	14
The interplay between symptoms of insomnia and pain in people with osteoarthritis: A narrative review of the current evidence	14
Classifying intervention components used in sleep duration interventions for children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Sleep duration trajectories and cognition in early childhood: A systematic review	14
Editorial Board	13
Clinicians should not avoid prescribing CPAP in older adults with cognitive impairment	13
AI-enhanced imagery rehearsal therapy: A novel approach to treating nightmare disorder	13
Reproducibility in sleep and circadian science systematic reviews and meta-analyses	13
The effects of L-theanine consumption on sleep outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Digital media use and sleep in late adolescence and young adulthood: A systematic review	13
Addressing the challenges and gaps in understanding pediatric periodic limb movement disorder	13
Review and perspective on sleep-disordered breathing research and translation to clinics	13
A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of the literature according to age and time-since-injury	12
The complexities of the sleep-pain relationship in adolescents: A critical review	12
Sleep well, feel well and vice versa? A meta-analysis of daily bidirectional within-person associations between sleep and affect	12
Circadian immunometabolism: A future insight for targeted therapy in cancer	12
Insomnia and emotion dysregulation: a meta-analytical perspective integrating regulatory strategies and dispositional difficulties	12
Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)	11
Redefining sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder beyond broad constructs	11
Duration of respiratory events in obstructive sleep apnea: In search of paradoxical results	11
Efficacy of melatonin for chronic insomnia: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses	11
Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea: A complex but treatable relationship	11
Eating disorders and sleep disorders: A bidirectional interaction?	11
Sponsorship bias and control group composition in trials evaluating digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia – A comment on Grolig et al.	11
Multidimensional sleep health and diabetic retinopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Do sleepless nights turn into painful days? Opportunities and challenges in detecting and synthesising the day-to-day sleep-pain relationship	11
Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: A systematic review	10
The importance of residential dusk and dawn light exposure for sleep quality, health, and well-being	10
Sex differences in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Bidirectional associations between daily PTSD symptoms and sleep disturbances: A systematic review	10
Effects of acute exposure to hypoxia on sleep structure in healthy adults: A systematic review	10
Shedding light on microsleep episodes for comprehensive sleepiness assessment: a narrative review	10
Update on the treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia: Progress, challenges, and expert opinion	10
Psychopathology and NREM sleep parasomnias: A systematic review	10
Artificial intelligence and sleep medicine II: A scoping review of applications, advancements, and future directions	9
Current treatment strategies in managing side effects associated with domiciliary positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy for patients with sleep disordered breathing: A systematic review and meta-anal	9
Impact of sleep duration on daytime sleepiness in children: A meta-analysis	9
Childhood maltreatment and sleep in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
REM sleep in narcolepsy	9
Primary snoring: Bridging gaps in management and research	9
Mixed or misaligned? Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia across the spectrum of alcohol use disorder	9
Toward deeper understanding of maternal sleep during pregnancy and childhood health	9
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia with objective short sleep duration phenotype: A systematic review with meta-analysis	9
Longitudinal risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review	9
Hospital-based inpatient quality improvement initiatives on safe infant sleep: Systematic review and narrative synthesis	9
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Sleep regularity in shiftwork: A missing metric for fatigue risk management?	9
Which structure generates paradoxical (REM) sleep: The brainstem, the hypothalamus, the amygdala or the cortex?	8
Sleep deficiency as a driver of cellular stress and damage in neurological disorders	8
The parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide: A systematic review and a critical analysis of the medical literature	8
Substance use and sleep health in young adults: Implications for integrated treatment and harm reduction	8
Sleep-related disorders in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension	8
Concordance of objective and subjective measures of sleep in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
The dentofacial and upper airway morphology of adults with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Beyond the pulse and the pressure: human intelligence in the age of algorithmic Sleep Medicine	8
Rock-A-Bye Baby: A Proposal to conceptualize obstructive sleep apnea in infants	8
Variants of time in bed manipulation therapy for patients with insomnia: A scoping review	8
Napping and psychiatric disorders: A systematic review	8
What you believe is what you get? A systematic review examining how beliefs and attitudes about sleep are associated with sleep duration in non-clinical samples	8
Chronotype and substance use disorder: A systematic review with meta-analysis on the impact of circadian misalignment on psychopathology and clinical course	7
The role of rapid maxillary expansion in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: Efficacy, mechanism and multidisciplinary collaboration	7
Reliability and validity of instruments containing reported sleep measures among children from birth to <5 years of age: A systematic review	7
Sleep hygiene – What do we mean? A bibliographic review	7
Editorial Board	7
The effect of physical exercise interventions on insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Research progress on the role of exosomes in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome-related atherosclerosis	7
Interventions to increase sleep duration in young people: A systematic review	7
Nurturing care for early childhood sleep interventions with tailored care: the NEST Approach	7
Which individually-directed non‐pharmacological interventions are effective at improving sleep outcomes in shift workers? A systematic review of systematic reviews	7
Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning algorithms in electrocardiogram-based sleep apnea detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Editorial Board	6
Chronotype and circadian epidemiology	6
The differential effects of sleep deprivation on pain perception in individuals with or without chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Role of heart rate variability analysis in differentiating patients with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorders from healthy subjects. A systematic review with meta-analysis	6
Editorial Board	6
Comment on Yang et al., 2020: Melatonergic agents in the prevention of delirium: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	6
Excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: Indirect treatment comparison of wake-promoting agents in patients adherent/nonadherent to primary OSA therapy	6
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia on subjective and actigraphy-measured sleep and comorbid symptoms in cancer survivors	6
Editorial Board	6
Lamentations in the night: A systematic review on catathrenia	6
Exploring the obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome comorbidity (Co-ROSA): A systematic review	6
Sleep assessment using EEG-based wearables – A systematic review	6
Salivary α-amylase as a marker of sleep disorders: A theoretical review	5
Recommended timing of medications that impact sleep and wakefulness: A review of the American Prescribers’ Digital Reference	5
Sleep regularity as an important component of sleep hygiene: a systematic review	5
Peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Conditions of sleep restoration after smoking cessation: A systematic review	5