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Shortened sleep phase

MedGen UID:
1774915
•Concept ID:
C5421580
•
Finding
Synonym: Shortened sleep cycle
 
HPO: HP:0033063

Definition

A tendency to sleep fewer hours than usual while feeling well-rested. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVShortened sleep phase

Conditions with this feature

SHORT SLEEP, FAMILIAL NATURAL, 2
MedGen UID:
1684839
•Concept ID:
C5231420
•
Disease or Syndrome
Individuals with familial natural short sleep-2 (FNSS2) have a sleep requirement of 4 to 6 hours per night (Shi et al., 2019). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of FNSS, see FNSS1 (612975).
See: Condition Record
SHORT SLEEP, FAMILIAL NATURAL, 2

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Brain glucose metabolism in Lewy body dementia: implications for diagnostic criteria.
Caminiti SP, Sala A, Iaccarino L, Beretta L, Pilotto A, Gianolli L, Iannaccone S, Magnani G, Padovani A, Ferini-Strambi L, Perani D
Alzheimers Res Ther 2019 Feb 23;11(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13195-019-0473-4. PMID: 30797240Free PMC Article
Progressive retinal ganglion cell loss in primary open-angle glaucoma is associated with temperature circadian rhythm phase delay and compromised sleep.
Gubin DG, Malishevskaya ТN, Astakhov YS, Astakhov SY, Cornelissen G, Kuznetsov VA, Weinert D
Chronobiol Int 2019 Apr;36(4):564-577. Epub 2019 Jan 21 doi: 10.1080/07420528.2019.1566741. PMID: 30663431
Risk constellations prior to the development of bipolar disorders: rationale of a new risk assessment tool.
Leopold K, Ritter P, Correll CU, Marx C, Özgürdal S, Juckel G, Bauer M, Pfennig A
J Affect Disord 2012 Feb;136(3):1000-10. Epub 2011 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.043. PMID: 21802741

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Early Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Third Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial-MIST-3.
Bedawi EO, Stavroulias D, Hedley E, Blyth KG, Kirk A, De Fonseka D, Edwards JG, Internullo E, Corcoran JP, Marchbank A, Panchal R, Caruana E, Kadwani O, Okiror L, Saba T, Purohit M, Mercer RM, Taberham R, Kanellakis N, Condliffe AM, Lewis LG, Addala DN, Asciak R, Banka R, George V, Hassan M, McCracken D, Sundaralingam A, Wrightson JM, Dobson M, West A, Barnes G, Harvey J, Slade M, Chester-Jones M, Dutton S, Miller RF, Maskell NA, Belcher E, Rahman NM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1305-1315. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202305-0854OC. PMID: 37820359Free PMC Article
Delayed sleep-onset and biological age: late sleep-onset is associated with shorter telomere length.
Wynchank D, Bijlenga D, Penninx BW, Lamers F, Beekman AT, Kooij JJS, Verhoeven JE
Sleep 2019 Oct 9;42(10) doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz139. PMID: 31270544
Sleep and risk of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: a population-based study.
Lysen TS, Darweesh SKL, Ikram MK, Luik AI, Ikram MA
Brain 2019 Jul 1;142(7):2013-2022. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz113. PMID: 31038176Free PMC Article
Melatonin, sleep disturbance and cancer risk.
Blask DE
Sleep Med Rev 2009 Aug;13(4):257-64. Epub 2008 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.07.007. PMID: 19095474
Sleep and sleep-wake manipulations in bipolar depression.
Riemann D, Voderholzer U, Berger M
Neuropsychobiology 2002;45 Suppl 1:7-12. doi: 10.1159/000049255. PMID: 11893871

Diagnosis

Early Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Third Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial-MIST-3.
Bedawi EO, Stavroulias D, Hedley E, Blyth KG, Kirk A, De Fonseka D, Edwards JG, Internullo E, Corcoran JP, Marchbank A, Panchal R, Caruana E, Kadwani O, Okiror L, Saba T, Purohit M, Mercer RM, Taberham R, Kanellakis N, Condliffe AM, Lewis LG, Addala DN, Asciak R, Banka R, George V, Hassan M, McCracken D, Sundaralingam A, Wrightson JM, Dobson M, West A, Barnes G, Harvey J, Slade M, Chester-Jones M, Dutton S, Miller RF, Maskell NA, Belcher E, Rahman NM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1305-1315. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202305-0854OC. PMID: 37820359Free PMC Article
Chronotherapy.
Cardinali DP, Brown GM, Pandi-Perumal SR
Handb Clin Neurol 2021;179:357-370. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819975-6.00023-6. PMID: 34225975
The µMCTQ: An Ultra-Short Version of the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire.
Ghotbi N, Pilz LK, Winnebeck EC, Vetter C, Zerbini G, Lenssen D, Frighetto G, Salamanca M, Costa R, Montagnese S, Roenneberg T
J Biol Rhythms 2020 Feb;35(1):98-110. Epub 2019 Dec 3 doi: 10.1177/0748730419886986. PMID: 31791166
Sleep and risk of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: a population-based study.
Lysen TS, Darweesh SKL, Ikram MK, Luik AI, Ikram MA
Brain 2019 Jul 1;142(7):2013-2022. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz113. PMID: 31038176Free PMC Article
The role of melatonin and circadian phase in age-related sleep-maintenance insomnia: assessment in a clinical trial of melatonin replacement.
Hughes RJ, Sack RL, Lewy AJ
Sleep 1998;21(1):52-68. PMID: 9485533

Therapy

Early Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Third Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial-MIST-3.
Bedawi EO, Stavroulias D, Hedley E, Blyth KG, Kirk A, De Fonseka D, Edwards JG, Internullo E, Corcoran JP, Marchbank A, Panchal R, Caruana E, Kadwani O, Okiror L, Saba T, Purohit M, Mercer RM, Taberham R, Kanellakis N, Condliffe AM, Lewis LG, Addala DN, Asciak R, Banka R, George V, Hassan M, McCracken D, Sundaralingam A, Wrightson JM, Dobson M, West A, Barnes G, Harvey J, Slade M, Chester-Jones M, Dutton S, Miller RF, Maskell NA, Belcher E, Rahman NM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Dec 15;208(12):1305-1315. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202305-0854OC. PMID: 37820359Free PMC Article
Long-term melatonin treatment for the sleep problems and aberrant behaviors of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Yuge K, Nagamitsu S, Ishikawa Y, Hamada I, Takahashi H, Sugioka H, Yotsuya O, Mishima K, Hayashi M, Yamashita Y
BMC Psychiatry 2020 Sep 10;20(1):445. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02847-y. PMID: 32912180Free PMC Article
Some implications of melatonin use in chronopharmacology of insomnia.
Golombek DA, Pandi-Perumal SR, Brown GM, Cardinali DP
Eur J Pharmacol 2015 Sep 5;762:42-8. Epub 2015 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.05.032. PMID: 26004526
Transtracheal oxygen therapy.
Christopher KL, Schwartz MD
Chest 2011 Feb;139(2):435-440. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-1373. PMID: 21285058
Melatonin, sleep disturbance and cancer risk.
Blask DE
Sleep Med Rev 2009 Aug;13(4):257-64. Epub 2008 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.07.007. PMID: 19095474

Prognosis

Gender differences in the interference of sleep difficulties and daytime sleepiness on school and social activities in adolescents.
Forest G, Gaudreault P, Michaud F, Green-Demers I
Sleep Med 2022 Dec;100:79-84. Epub 2022 Aug 7 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.07.020. PMID: 36029754
Chronic Sleep Reduction in Childhood and Adolescence.
Paschke K, Laurenz L, Thomasius R
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020 Oct 2;117(40):661-667. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0661. PMID: 33357350Free PMC Article
Disrupted sleep maintenance is associated with altered circadian phase and phase angle in community-dwelling adults.
Kim SJ, Lim YC, Suh IB, Lee JH
Sleep Med 2020 Sep;73:250-256. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.02.017. PMID: 32444218
Delayed sleep-onset and biological age: late sleep-onset is associated with shorter telomere length.
Wynchank D, Bijlenga D, Penninx BW, Lamers F, Beekman AT, Kooij JJS, Verhoeven JE
Sleep 2019 Oct 9;42(10) doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz139. PMID: 31270544
Non-contraceptive oestrogen-containing preparations for controlling symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Naheed B, Kuiper JH, Uthman OA, O'Mahony F, O'Brien PM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 3;3(3):CD010503. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010503.pub2. PMID: 28257559Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Supplemental light exposure improves sleep architecture in people with type 2 diabetes.
Adhikari P, Pradhan A, Zele AJ, Feigl B
Acta Diabetol 2021 Sep;58(9):1201-1208. Epub 2021 Apr 14 doi: 10.1007/s00592-021-01712-y. PMID: 33851274
Chronic Sleep Reduction in Childhood and Adolescence.
Paschke K, Laurenz L, Thomasius R
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020 Oct 2;117(40):661-667. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0661. PMID: 33357350Free PMC Article
Disrupted sleep maintenance is associated with altered circadian phase and phase angle in community-dwelling adults.
Kim SJ, Lim YC, Suh IB, Lee JH
Sleep Med 2020 Sep;73:250-256. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.02.017. PMID: 32444218
Delayed sleep-onset and biological age: late sleep-onset is associated with shorter telomere length.
Wynchank D, Bijlenga D, Penninx BW, Lamers F, Beekman AT, Kooij JJS, Verhoeven JE
Sleep 2019 Oct 9;42(10) doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz139. PMID: 31270544
Non-contraceptive oestrogen-containing preparations for controlling symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Naheed B, Kuiper JH, Uthman OA, O'Mahony F, O'Brien PM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 3;3(3):CD010503. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010503.pub2. PMID: 28257559Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Self-reported poor quality of sleep in solid organ transplant: A systematic review.
Cordoza M, Koons B, Perlis ML, Anderson BJ, Diamond JM, Riegel B
Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2021 Dec;35(4):100650. Epub 2021 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2021.100650. PMID: 34534733Free PMC Article
Non-contraceptive oestrogen-containing preparations for controlling symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Naheed B, Kuiper JH, Uthman OA, O'Mahony F, O'Brien PM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Mar 3;3(3):CD010503. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010503.pub2. PMID: 28257559Free PMC Article

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