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The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association among lunar cycle, menstrual cycle onset, and subjective sleep quality. Menstrual cycle onset data from the six most recent menstrual cycles were obtained for 529 women (aged 25–39 years) using the smartphone app Luna Luna. We also coll...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063245 |
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author | Komada, Yoko Sato, Makoto Ikeda, Yuko Kami, Azusa Masuda, Chika Shibata, Shigenobu |
author_facet | Komada, Yoko Sato, Makoto Ikeda, Yuko Kami, Azusa Masuda, Chika Shibata, Shigenobu |
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description | The aim of the present study was to investigate the association among lunar cycle, menstrual cycle onset, and subjective sleep quality. Menstrual cycle onset data from the six most recent menstrual cycles were obtained for 529 women (aged 25–39 years) using the smartphone app Luna Luna. We also collected questionnaire survey data on sleep quality from each participant. Overall, there was no association between the onset of menstrual cycle and lunar phase. Interestingly, the proportion of good sleepers with menstrual cycle beginning during the light period was significantly higher than that during the dark period, while the proportion of poor sleepers with menstrual cycle beginning during the dark period was significantly higher than that during the light period. When participants were categorized by the combination of lunar phases (light, dark, neutral periods) in the two most recent menstrual cycle onsets, the “both dark period” group and the “other (light and dark) period” group showed the lowest proportion of good sleepers. Menstrual cycle onset in the dark period was associated with a deterioration in subsequent subjective sleep quality, which was more apparent with consecutive onsets in the dark period or at a rapidly changing lunar phase. |
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spelling | pubmed-80039242021-03-28 The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age Komada, Yoko Sato, Makoto Ikeda, Yuko Kami, Azusa Masuda, Chika Shibata, Shigenobu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of the present study was to investigate the association among lunar cycle, menstrual cycle onset, and subjective sleep quality. Menstrual cycle onset data from the six most recent menstrual cycles were obtained for 529 women (aged 25–39 years) using the smartphone app Luna Luna. We also collected questionnaire survey data on sleep quality from each participant. Overall, there was no association between the onset of menstrual cycle and lunar phase. Interestingly, the proportion of good sleepers with menstrual cycle beginning during the light period was significantly higher than that during the dark period, while the proportion of poor sleepers with menstrual cycle beginning during the dark period was significantly higher than that during the light period. When participants were categorized by the combination of lunar phases (light, dark, neutral periods) in the two most recent menstrual cycle onsets, the “both dark period” group and the “other (light and dark) period” group showed the lowest proportion of good sleepers. Menstrual cycle onset in the dark period was associated with a deterioration in subsequent subjective sleep quality, which was more apparent with consecutive onsets in the dark period or at a rapidly changing lunar phase. MDPI 2021-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8003924/ /pubmed/33801068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063245 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Komada, Yoko Sato, Makoto Ikeda, Yuko Kami, Azusa Masuda, Chika Shibata, Shigenobu The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title | The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title_full | The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title_short | The Relationship between the Lunar Phase, Menstrual Cycle Onset and Subjective Sleep Quality among Women of Reproductive Age |
title_sort | relationship between the lunar phase, menstrual cycle onset and subjective sleep quality among women of reproductive age |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063245 |
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