Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Better Sleep

Better sleep refers to the attainment and maintenance of high-quality, sufficient, and well-timed sleep, together with the behavioral, environmental, and therapeutic strategies used to improve sleep quality and continuity. It encompasses sleep hygiene, circadian and light management, meal-timing adjustment, and the …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 55× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4518 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Better sleep refers to the attainment and maintenance of high-quality, sufficient, and well-timed sleep, together with the behavioral, environmental, and therapeutic strategies used to improve sleep quality and continuity. It encompasses sleep hygiene, circadian and light management, meal-timing adjustment, and the use of physical activity and structured exercise, including both aerobic and resistance training, which can shorten sleep latency, consolidate sleep, and improve subjective restfulness in adolescents and adults. Beyond lifestyle approaches, it includes evidence-based interventions such as music therapy and physical modalities like magnetic, laser, and somatosensory stimulation that have been trialed to enhance sleep quality, as well as management of circadian misalignment conditions such as delayed sleep phase syndrome. A key methodological distinction underlies this field: subjective measures, drawn from questionnaires and sleep diaries, capture perceived sleep quality and satisfaction, whereas objective measures from polysomnography, actigraphy, and related instruments quantify duration, continuity, and architecture, and the two do not always agree. Understanding the mechanisms by which an intervention works, whether through circadian entrainment, thermoregulation, autonomic and arousal modulation, or homeostatic sleep pressure, helps explain why a strategy improves sleep and for whom. The overarching aim is durable improvement in how long, how soundly, and how regularly people sleep.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 55 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research (ISSN 2574-4518).

Journal editorial board
Dragos Octavian Palade · Romania Mauro Manconi · Switzerland Karim Sedky · United States

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