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Practice Guidelines, Recommendations, and Policy Statements
Several organizations have published practice guidelines, recommendations, and policy statements related to sleep health and sleep disorders.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Practice Guidelines
http://www.aasmnet.org/practiceguidelines.aspx
American Thoracic Society
Statements, Guidelines, and Reports
http://www.thoracic.org/statements/sleep.php
American College of Physicians
Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations
https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/guidelines
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Selected Practice Guidelines, Recommendations, and Policy Statements by Sleep Topic:
Sleep Duration
American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
Consensus Conference Panel; Watson NF, Badr MS, Belenky G, et al. Joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society on the recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: methodology and discussion. Sleep. 2015;38(8):1161–1183. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4507722/
Paruthi S, Brooks LJ, D’Ambrosio C, et al. Recommended amount of sleep for pediatric populations: a consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016;12(6):785–786. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/pdf/Pediatricsleepdurationconsensus.pdf[PDF – 222 KB]
American Thoracic Society
Mukherjee S, Patel SR, Kales SN, et al; American Thoracic Society ad hoc Committee on Healthy Sleep. An official American Thoracic Society statement: the importance of healthy sleep. Recommendations and future priorities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;191(12):1450-1458. http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.201504-0767ST
National Sleep Foundation
Hirshkowitz M, Whiton K, Albert SM, et al. The National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary. Sleep Health. 2015;1(1):40–43. http://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(15)00015-7/abstract
Insomnia
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Schutte-Rodin S, Broch L, Buysse D, Dorsey C, Sateia M. Clinical guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic insomnia in adults. J Clin Sleep Med. 2008;4(5):487–504. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/clinicalguidelines/040515.pdf[PDF – 990 KB]
Morgenthaler T, Kramer M, Alessi C, et al; Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Practice parameters for the psychological and behavioral treatment of insomnia: an update. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Sleep. 2006;29(11): 1415–1419. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/PracticeParameters/PP_BTInsomnia_Update.pdf[PDF – 280 KB]
American College of Physicians
Qaseem A, Kansagara D, Forciea MA, Cooke M, Denberg TD; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Management of chronic insomnia disorder in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:125–133. http://annals.org/aim/article/2518955/
Brasure M, Fuchs E, MacDonald R, et al. Psychological and behavioral interventions for managing insomnia disorder: an evidence report for a clinical practice guideline by the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:113–124. http://annals.org/aim/article/2519966
Wilt TJ, MacDonald R, Brasure M, et al. Pharmacologic treatment of insomnia disorder: an evidence report for a clinical practice guideline by the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:103–112. http://annals.org/aim/article/2518954
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
American Academy of Pediatrics
Marcus CL, Brooks LJ, Draper KA, et al; American Academy of Pediatrics. Diagnosis and management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Pediatrics. 2012;130(3):576–84. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/576
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Ramar K, Dort LC, Katz SG, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring with oral appliance therapy: an update for 2015. J Clin Sleep Med. 2015;11(7):773–827. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/clinicalguidelines/Oral_appliance-OSA.pdf[PDF – 12.5 MB]
Epstein LJ, Kristo D, Strollo PJ Jr, et al; Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Clinical guideline for the evaluation, management and long-term care of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. J Clin Sleep Med. 2009;5(3):263–276. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/clinicalguidelines/OSA_Adults.pdf[PDF – 175 KB]
American College of Physicians
Qaseem A, Dallas P, Owens DK, Starkey M, Holty JE, Shekelle P; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(3):210–220. http://annals.org/aim/article/1892620/
Qaseem A, Holty JE, Owens DK, Dallas P, Starkey M, Shekelle P; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Management of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2013;159(7):471–483. http://annals.org/aim/article/1742606/
American Thoracic Society
Strohl KP, Brown DB, Collop N, et al; ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk in Noncommercial Drivers. An official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: sleep apnea, sleepiness, and driving risk in noncommercial drivers. An update of a 1994 Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;187(11):1259–1266. http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201304-0726ST
US Preventive Services Task Force
US Preventive Services Task Force. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening Website. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
Restless Leg Syndrome
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Aurora RN, Kristo DA, Bista SR, et al; American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in adults–an update for 2012: practice parameters with an evidence-based systematic review and meta-analyses: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline. Sleep. 2012;35(8):1039–1062. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/PracticeParameters/TreatmentRLS.pdf [PDF – 1.1MB]
Narcolepsy
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Morgenthaler T, Kapur VK, Brown TM, et al; Standards of Practice Committee of the AASM. Practice parameters for the treatment of narcolepsy and other hypersomnias of central origin. Sleep. 2007;30(12):1705–1711. http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/PracticeParameters/PP_Narcolepsy.pdf [PDF – 740KB]
Pediatric Sleep
American Academy of Pediatrics
Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Moon RY. SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: expansion of recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment. Pediatrics. 2011;128(5):1030–1039. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/5/1030.long
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Tremblay MS, Carson V, Chaput JP, et al. Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth: An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016;41:S311–S327. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/apnm-2016-0151
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- Page last updated: June 5, 2017
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