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Golombek DA, Eyre H, Spiousas I, Casiraghi LP, Hartikainen KM, Partonen T, Pyykkö M, Reynolds CF, Hynes WM, Bassetti CLA, Berk M, Hu K, Ibañez A. Sleep Capital: Linking Brain Health to Wellbeing and Economic Productivity Across the Lifespan. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2024:S1064-7481(24)00405-6. [PMID: 39117505 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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INTRODUCTION AND FRAMEWORK Sleep capital contributes to individual and societal wellbeing, productivity, and economic outcomes and involves a novel aspect of brain capital. It encompasses the quality and quantity of sleep as integral components that influence cognitive abilities, mental and brain health, and physical health, affecting workplace productivity, learning, decision-making, and overall economic performance. Here, we bring a framework to understand the complex relationship between sleep quality, health, wellbeing, and economic productivity. Then we outline the multilevel impact of sleep on cognitive abilities, mental/brain health, and economic indicators, providing evidence for the substantial returns on investment in sleep health initiatives. Moreover, sleep capital is a key factor when considering brain health across the lifespan, especially for the aging population. DISCUSSION We propose specific elements and main variables to develop specific indexes of sleep capital to address its impacts on health, wellbeing and productivity. CONCLUSION Finally, we suggest policy recommendations, workplace interventions, and individual strategies to promote sleep health and brain capital. Investing in sleep capital is essential for fostering a healthier, happier, fairer and more productive society.
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- Diego A Golombek
- Laboratorio Interdisciplinario del Tiempo (LITERA) (DAG, IS, LPC), Universidad de San Andrés/CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Baker Institute for Public Policy (HE), Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Global Brain Health Institute (HE), University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (HE), (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (HE), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (HE), Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (HE), The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT) (HE), Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (HE), Barcelona, Spain; Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (HE), Dallas, TX, USA; Frontier Technology Lab, School of Engineering (HE), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Laboratorio Interdisciplinario del Tiempo (LITERA) (DAG, IS, LPC), Universidad de San Andrés/CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio Interdisciplinario del Tiempo (LITERA) (DAG, IS, LPC), Universidad de San Andrés/CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology (KMH), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Behavioral Neurology Research Group (KMH), Tampere University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Tampere, Finland; National Brain Health Programme (KMH), Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (TP), Helsinki, Finland; Department of Psychiatry (TP), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Brain Association and Finnish Centre for Health Promotion (MP), Helsinki, Finland
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- Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (CFR), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Institute for Global Prosperity (MH), University College London, London, UK; Santa Fe Institute (MH), Santa Fe, NM, USA; World Bank (MH), Washington, DC, USA
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- Neurology Department, Inselspital (CLAB), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Swiss Brain Health Plan (CLAB), Bern, Switzerland
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- School of Medicine (MB), Deakin University and Barwon Health. Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine (KH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Medical Biodynamics Center (KH), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Latin American Brain Health institute (Brainlat) (CSCN) (AI), Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile; ChileGlobal Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience (CSCN) (AI), Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile; Universidad de San Andrés (AI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Hraška J, Čurpek J. The practical implications of the EN 17037 minimum target daylight factor for building design and urban daylight in several European countries. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23297. [PMID: 38192874 PMCID: PMC10773465 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Sufficient daylight in the indoor environment of buildings is important not only for vision and well-being as daylight also has significant non-visual effects on the human organism. The provision of daylight in the interiors of buildings significantly affects the architectural and urban parameters of the building environment. Harmonized EN 17037 introduced a number of changes and ambiguities to the relatively established principles of incorporating daylight in buildings in several European countries; these were significant for both architects and other stakeholders. This paper compares the long-standing practice and historical context of daylight provision according to the criteria of national standards in selected European countries (Germany, Czech Republic, Slovak republic, Sweden) with the minimum target daylight factor according to the harmonized EN 17037. The consequences of the methodological differences and design criteria of daylight provision are presented in case studies of the assessment of the daylight in residential rooms and typical school classrooms. Daylight factor and lighting distribution are analyzed for different room scenarios, different window configurations and obstruction angles according to local standards in the mentioned European countries versus EN 17037. The paper also highlights the practical impact of the EN 17037 criteria on building design and the extent of façade obstruction.
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- Jozef Hraška
- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava 810 05, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava 810 05, Slovakia
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Valentine C. Architectural Allostatic Overloading: Exploring a Connection between Architectural Form and Allostatic Overloading. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20095637. [PMID: 37174157 PMCID: PMC10178048 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20095637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This paper examines, conceptually, the relationship between stress-inducing architectural features and allostatic overload by drawing on literature from neuroimmunology and neuroarchitecture. The studies reviewed from the field of neuroimmunology indicate that chronic or repeated exposure to stress-inducing events may overwhelm the body's regulatory system, resulting in a process termed allostatic overload. While there is evidence from the field of neuroarchitecture that short-term exposure to particular architectural features produce acute stress responses, there is yet to be a study on the relationship between stress-inducing architectural features and allostatic load. This paper considers how to design such a study by reviewing the two primary methods used to measure allostatic overload: biomarkers and clinimetrics. Of particular interest is the observation that the clinical biomarkers used to measure stress in neuroarchitectural studies differ substantially from those used to measure allostatic load. Therefore, the paper concludes that while the observed stress responses to particular architectural forms may indicate allostatic activity, further research is needed to determine whether these stress responses are leading to allostatic overload. Consequently, a discrete longitudinal public health study is advised, one which engages the clinical biomarkers indicative of allostatic activity and incorporates contextual data using a clinimetric approach.
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- Cleo Valentine
- Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK
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Erren TC, Lewis P. Comment on "COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Health". ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2021; 129:98001. [PMID: 34519536 PMCID: PMC8439282 DOI: 10.1289/ehp10144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Thomas C Erren
- Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Prevention Research, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute and Policlinic for Occupational Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Prevention Research, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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