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Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in adults: an infographic
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  1. Eric S Schwenk1,
  2. Rajnish K Gupta2 and
  3. Calvin Diep3
  1. 1 Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  2. 2 Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  3. 3 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Eric S Schwenk, Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA 19107, USA; prepdrum{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-103294

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    Summary

    Cannabis is often perceived as providing benefits as a sleep aid. In this nationally representative, cross-sectional study of adults aged 20–59 years in the USA, Diep et al 1 categorized survey respondents into non-users and recent users based on their reported use of cannabis in the previous 30 days. Their primary outcome was nightly sleep duration, categorized as short (<6 hours), optimal (6–9 hours), or long (>9 hours). Recent cannabis users were found to have greater adjusted odds of reporting both short (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.34, 95% CI: 1.12 to 1.59) and long sleep (aOR 1.56, 95% CI: 1.25 to 1.96). Heavy users, who were those using cannabis at least 20 of the past 30 days, were even more likely to report sleep durations at the extreme ends of the range.

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    Acknowledgments

    The authors would like to acknowledge Jim Snively, artist, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for creation of this infographic.

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      . Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep duration in adults: a population analysis of the NHANES from 2005 to 2018. Reg Anes Pain Med 2022;47:98–102.doi:10.1136/rapm-2021-103161
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    • Contributors All authors helped with the concept, design, and content of the infographic.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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