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 a formal consensus methodology (modified RAND Appropriateness Method) without reporting original primary data.
PubMed 26039963 · doi:10.5665/sleep.4716
What was done
A consensus panel convened by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS) formulated sleep duration recommendations for healthy adults using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method process.
What was found
The abstract reports no numerical findings, effect sizes, or specific sleep duration numbers, stating only that consensus recommendations were developed.
Why it matters
It establishes a joint professional consensus statement from leading sleep organizations to guide clinical and public health recommendations for adult sleep duration.
Limits
The abstract provides no primary data, sample sizes, statistical analyses, or the specific numeric recommendations. As an expert consensus statement, it represents panel consensus rather than a direct experimental investigation.
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