Rosano Jessica, Howell Tiffani, Conduit Russell, Bennett Pauleen
Anthrozoology Research Group, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia.
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia.
Clocks Sleep. 2021 Jan 4;3(1):1-11. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep3010001.
Pet-owner co-sleeping is increasingly common in some parts of the world. Adult owners often subjectively report benefits of co-sleeping with pets, although objective actigraphy reports conversely indicate sleep disruptions due to the pet. Because limited research is available regarding pet-owner co-sleeping in non-adult samples, the aim of this two-part study was to explore whether co-sleeping improves sleep quality in adolescents, an age group in which poor sleep patterns are well documented. In Study One, an online survey with 265 pet-owning 13-to-17-year-old participants found that over 78% co-slept with their pet. Average sleep quality scores for co-sleepers and non-co-sleepers indicated generally poor sleep, with no differences in sleep quality depending on age, gender, or co-sleeping status. Study Two consisted of two preliminary case studies, using actigraphy on dog-adolescent co-sleepers. In both cases, high sleep concordance was observed, but owners again experienced generally poor sleep quality. Future actigraphy research is needed, including larger sample sizes and a control group of non-co-sleepers, to validate the preliminary findings from this study, but our limited evidence suggests that co-sleeping with a pet may not impact sleep quality in adolescents.
在世界某些地区，宠物主人与宠物同睡的情况越来越普遍。成年主人经常主观地报告与宠物同睡的好处，尽管客观的活动记录仪报告却相反地表明宠物会导致睡眠中断。由于关于非成年样本中宠物主人同睡情况的研究有限，这项分为两部分的研究旨在探讨同睡是否能改善青少年的睡眠质量，青少年是睡眠模式不佳有充分记录的年龄组。在研究一中，对265名拥有宠物的13至17岁参与者进行的在线调查发现，超过78%的人与他们的宠物同睡。同睡者和非同睡者的平均睡眠质量得分表明总体睡眠较差，睡眠质量在年龄、性别或同睡状态方面没有差异。研究二包括两个初步的案例研究，对与狗同睡的青少年使用了活动记录仪。在这两个案例中，都观察到了高度的睡眠一致性，但主人的睡眠质量总体上仍然较差。未来需要进行更多使用活动记录仪的研究，包括更大的样本量和一个非同睡者对照组，以验证本研究的初步结果，但我们有限的证据表明，与宠物同睡可能不会影响青少年的睡眠质量。
