Abstract
This study aimed to clarify the impact of indoor thermal environment on sleep quality. Follow-up investigations on sleep quality (sleep efficiency, amount of deep sleep, sleep latency, and number of nighttime awakenings) and indoor temperature were conducted in winter (2014-2016) before and after moving to houses with high thermal insulation performance. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that sleep efficiency increased by 0.73% per 1 °C increase in indoor temperature during sleep. Increased indoor temperature also improved the number of nighttime awakenings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-523 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Engineering (Japan) |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 736 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Jun |
Keywords
- Field survey
- Follow-up investigation
- House with high thermal insulation performance
- Indoor temperature
- Moving
- Sleep quality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering