Röösli Martin, Jüni Peter, Braun-Fahrländer Charlotte, Brinkhof Martin W G, Low Nicola, Egger Matthias
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
J Sleep Res. 2006 Jun;15(2):149-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2006.00520.x.
Popular belief holds that the lunar cycle affects human physiology, behaviour and health. We examined the influence of moon phase on sleep duration in a secondary analysis of a feasibility study of mobile telephone base stations and sleep quality. We studied 31 volunteers (18 women and 13 men, mean age 50 years) from a suburban area of Switzerland longitudinally over 6 weeks, including two full moons. Subjective sleep duration was calculated from sleep diary data. Data were analysed using multiple linear regression models with random effects. Mean sleep duration was 6 h 49 min. Subjective sleep duration varied with the lunar cycle, from 6 h 41 min at full moon to 7 h 00 min at new moon (P < 0.001). Average sleep duration was shortened by 68 min during the week compared with weekends (P < 0.001). Men slept 17 min longer than women (P < 0.001) and sleep duration decreased with age (P < 0.001). There was also evidence that rating of fatigue in the morning was associated with moon phase, with more tiredness (P = 0.027) at full moon. The study was designed for other purposes and the association between lunar cycle and sleep duration will need to be confirmed in further studies.
普遍观点认为，月相周期会影响人类的生理、行为和健康。在一项关于移动电话基站与睡眠质量的可行性研究的二次分析中，我们研究了月相对睡眠时间的影响。我们对来自瑞士郊区的31名志愿者（18名女性和13名男性，平均年龄50岁）进行了为期6周的纵向研究，其中包括两个满月。主观睡眠时间根据睡眠日记数据计算得出。数据使用具有随机效应的多元线性回归模型进行分析。平均睡眠时间为6小时49分钟。主观睡眠时间随月相周期变化，满月时为6小时41分钟，新月时为7小时00分钟（P < 0.001）。与周末相比，工作日的平均睡眠时间缩短了68分钟（P < 0.001）。男性比女性睡眠时间长17分钟（P < 0.001），睡眠时间随年龄增长而减少（P < 0.001）。还有证据表明，早晨的疲劳评分与月相有关，满月时更疲劳（P = 0.027）。该研究是为其他目的设计的，月相周期与睡眠时间之间的关联需要在进一步研究中得到证实。
