Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: A Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Expert consensus statement developed via formal consensus methodology (modified RAND Appropriateness Method) without primary human data presented in the abstract
PubMed 25979105 · doi:10.5664/jcsm.4758
What was done
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS) developed a joint consensus recommendation for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in adults, using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method process.
What was found
The abstract provides no numerical data, specific hourly recommendations, or quantitative findings, stating only that the consensus recommendations are summarized and that full supporting evidence would be published in subsequent manuscripts.
Why it matters
This statement establishes official joint clinical and public health guidance from leading sleep medicine and research organizations on healthy sleep duration for adults.
Limits
The abstract reports no empirical findings, sample sizes, or specific recommendation values. As a consensus statement derived from expert methodology, it represents panel consensus rather than a primary clinical trial or original empirical investigation.
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