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usonian

(9,849 posts)
Mon Oct 16, 2023, 11:04 PM Oct 2023

This is the perfect temperature to increase sleep, decrease stroke risk: experts

All you need to know (unless you like clickbait ):

The findings, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, revealed that sleep is most efficient and restful for older adults when nighttime ambient temperatures range from 68 degrees Fahrenheit to 77 degrees.

At the link, you only get the abstact, which should suffice.

Highlights
• Bedroom ambient temperature was associated with sleep in older adults.
• These associations were independent of other environmental and personal factors.
• Sleep quality was optimal between 20 and 25 °C and drops at higher and lower levels.
• Substantial differences in optimal temperature were observed between subjects.

Abstract
This longitudinal study examines the association between bedroom nighttime temperature and sleep quality in a sample of community dwelling older adults. Using wearable sleep monitors and environmental sensors, we assessed sleep duration, efficiency, and restlessness over an extended period within participants' homes while controlling for potential confounders and covariates. Our findings demonstrated that sleep was most efficient and restful when nighttime ambient temperature ranged between 20 and 25 °C, with a clinically relevant 5–10 % drop in sleep efficiency when the temperature increased from 25 °C to 30 °C. The associations were primarily nonlinear, and substantial between-subject variations were observed. These results highlight the potential to enhance sleep quality in older adults by optimizing home thermal environments and emphasize the importance of personalized temperature adjustments based on individual needs and circumstances. Additionally, our study underscores the potential impact of climate change on sleep quality in older adults, particularly those with lower socioeconomic status, and supports increasing their adaptive capacity in the face of a changing climate.


Adaptive capacity? I sure hope that means air conditioning.

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OAITW r.2.0

(24,556 posts)
4. Still cleaning the woodstoves....I'll be surviving on a 72 degree avg temp over the winter.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 12:20 AM
Oct 2023

Will burn 80% of the wood and next oil fill up will be in March. If history repeats.

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
9. Yeah. I keep mine only warm enough to keep basement pipes from freezing. Upstairs 60-62.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 05:41 AM
Oct 2023

Once you've acclimated to cold temps, it becomes hard to sleep otherwise (and admittedly the past few really hot summers have just about "done me in" given that I eschew air conditioning for fans and just a small bed-side portable evaporative cooler ) Much to my sweet doggy girl's dismay, I do, however, shut her favorite sliding screened patio door--typically opened at least a crack when it drops down to 32 outdoors overnight.

ratchiweenie

(7,754 posts)
10. Yep. We set our thermostat at 64 and use an electric blanket set really low. Perfect
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 08:57 AM
Oct 2023

temperature for sleep. Of course, being older I don't sleep as well as I used to but that's okay. It takes me longer to get everything done so I can use the extra hours of being awake.

Cheezoholic

(2,029 posts)
3. 2 big furry 125lb Landseers
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 12:16 AM
Oct 2023

keep us toasty in bed at night. Seldom turn the heat above 60 in the winter. One advantage of a small house and 2 big 'ol pups

Note: For those unfamiliar Landseers are basically Newfoundlands that look like dairy cows. They are absolutely wonderful dogs and they love winter

OAITW r.2.0

(24,556 posts)
5. My 75 lb Golden helps me warm in Maine. Except when he brings a kindling stick to chew on bed.
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 12:26 AM
Oct 2023

Then, he pisses me off. Except it's the next morning and I don't care anymore. Such is my life now and why I go with the flow.

usonian

(9,849 posts)
7. I hope you're all talking about winter!
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 12:28 AM
Oct 2023

Gets down to the 30's here in winter. Heat tapes on the pipes. I go the electric blanket route.

Was up to 110 this summer, and just below that for too long. I'd sleep outside in the summer except for the mountain lions.

Bayard

(22,123 posts)
8. I can't sleep when I'm too hot
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 12:33 AM
Oct 2023

We've had the wood stove going the past few nights, with it getting in the 40's. Hard to get too cold though when you wake up in the morning with one of the Pyr's, the Collie, a mini-doxie (under the covers), and a cat clinging to one corner, in the bed with you. That's not counting Mr. Bayard!

I start throwing off covers.

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