Impact of Sleep Restriction on Performance in Adults

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Conditions studied: Sleep, Obesity, Sleep Restriction

In brief

The overall goal of this project is to look at the effects of long-term, sustained sleep restriction (SR) in adults, and assess the effects on mood and cognitive and physical performance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02960776

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

45

Starts

2016-11-01

Expected to finish

2023-07-05

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-03

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2
• Have at least one obese parent
• Habitually sleep 7-9 hours a night
• Free of any current and past sleep and psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders, diabetes or Cardiovascular disease (CVD) (i.e., normal scores on: Pittsburgh Quality of Sleep Questionnaire Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Berlin Questionnaire, Sleep Disorders Inventory Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Composite Scale of Morningness/Eveningness, Three Factor Eating Questionnaire)
• All racial/ethnic groups

You may not qualify if…

• Smokers (any cigarettes or ex-smoker < 3 years)
• Neurological, medical or psychiatric disorder
• Diabetics
• Eating and/or sleep disorders
• Contraindications for MRI scanning
• Travel across time zones within 4 weeks
• History of drug and alcohol abuse
• Shift worker (or rotating shift worker)
• Caffeine intake > 300 mg/d
• Heavy equipment operators
• Commercial long-distance drivers

Where it is running

• New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center — New York, New York, United States

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