American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight
saving time

Date:
August 27, 2020
Source:
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Summary:
Public health and safety would benefit from eliminating daylight
saving time, according to a position statement from the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine.



FULL STORY ========================================================================== Public health and safety would benefit from eliminating daylight saving
time, according to a position statement from the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine.


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The AASM supports a switch to permanent standard time, explaining in the statement that standard time more closely aligns with the daily rhythms
of the body's internal clock. The position statement also cites evidence
of increased risks of motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular events,
and mood disturbances following the annual "spring forward" to daylight
saving time.

"Permanent, year-round standard time is the best choice to most closely
match our circadian sleep-wake cycle," said lead author Dr. M. Adeel
Rishi, a pulmonology, sleep medicine and critical care specialist at the
Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and vice chair of the AASM Public
Safety Committee.

"Daylight saving time results in more darkness in the morning and more
light in the evening, disrupting the body's natural rhythm." The position statement, published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of
Clinical Sleep Medicine, outlines the acute effects of daylight saving
time, which range from increased risk of stroke and hospital admissions
to sleep loss and increased production of inflammatory markers, one of
the body's responses to stress. In addition, studies show that traffic fatalities have increased as much as six percent in the first few days following the change to daylight saving time, and a recently published
research abstract found an 18 percent increase in adverse medical
events related to human error in the week after switching to daylight
saving time.

"There is ample evidence of the negative, short-term consequences of
the annual change to daylight saving time in the spring," said AASM
President Dr. Kannan Ramar. "Because the adoption of permanent standard
time would be beneficial for public health and safety, the AASM will be advocating at the federal level for this legislative change." In July,
an AASM survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults found that 63 percent
support the elimination of seasonal time changes in favor of a national,
fixed, year-round time, and only 11 percent oppose it. Additionally,
a 2019 survey by the AASM found that 55 percent of adults feel extremely
or somewhat tired after the spring change to daylight saving time.

The AASM position statement on daylight saving time has been endorsed
by the following organizations:
* American Academy of Cardiovascular Sleep Medicine * American Academy
of Dental Sleep Medicine * American College of Chest Physicians
(CHEST) * American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
* California Sleep Society * Dakotas Sleep Society * Kentucky Sleep
Society * Maryland Sleep Society * Michigan Academy of Sleep Medicine
* Missouri Sleep Society * National PTA * National Safety Council *
Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine * Society of Behavioral Sleep
Medicine * Southern Sleep Society * Start School Later * Tennessee
Sleep Society * Wisconsin Sleep Society * World Sleep Society.


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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Muhammad Adeel Rishi, Omer Ahmed, Jairo H. Barrantes Perez, Michael
Berneking, Joseph Dombrowsky, Erin E. Flynn-Evans, Vicente
Santiago, Shannon S. Sullivan, Raghu Upender, Kin Yuen, Fariha
Abbasi-Feinberg, R.

Nisha Aurora, Kelly A. Carden, Douglas B. Kirsch, David A. Kristo,
Raman K. Malhotra, Jennifer L. Martin, Eric J. Olson, Kannan Ramar,
Carol L.

Rosen, James A. Rowley, Anita V. Shelgikar, Indira Gurubhagavatula.

Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position
statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2020; DOI: 10.5664/
jcsm.8780 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200827150951.htm

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