Periocular Skin Warming Promotes Sleep Onset Through Heat Dissipation From Distal Skin in Patients With Insomnia Disorder

Periocular Skin Warming Promotes Sleep Onset Through Heat Dissipation From Distal Skin in Patients With Insomnia Disorder

Study ObjectivesPeriocular skin warming before bedtime has been demonstrated to improve subjective sleep initiation in healthy adults with sleep difficulties scored six or higher in the Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire Index. This study aimed to investigate the effects of periocular skin warming on sl...

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Main Authors: Tomohisa Ichiba, Aoi Kawamura, Kentaro Nagao, Yuichi Kurumai, Akio Fujii, Atsushi Yoshimura, Takuya Yoshiike, Kenichi Kuriyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
insomnia disorder
heat dissipation
periocular skin warming
skin temperature
sleep onset
thermoregualtion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.844958/full

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