For the study, students at the center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health at Columbia University Medical Center in New York analyzed the average amount of sleep the patient’s received.
“Our study shows that short sleep duration in the month following hospital evaluation for acute coronary syndrome is associated with increased odds of early hospital readmission,” Ari Shecter, PhD, an assistant professor at the University Medical Center in New York, told Sleep Review.
The study found 37.5 percent of patients had a sleep duration of six hours or less per night during the one month period, which contributed to 123 rehospitalizations.
This data suggests short sleep durations may pave a way for targeting modifiable behavioral risk factor to further encourage optimal health.
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