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Thimmapuram J, Pargament R, Tredici SD, et al. Sleep Patterns of Resident Physicians and the Effect of Heartfulness Meditation. Ann Neurosci. 2021;28(1):47-54doi: 10.1177/09727531211039070.
Thimmapuram, J., Pargament, R., Tredici, S. D., Bell, T., Yommer, D., Daoud, D., Powell, F., & Madhusudhan, D. K. (2021). Sleep Patterns of Resident Physicians and the Effect of Heartfulness Meditation. Annals of neurosciences, 28(1), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/09727531211039070
Thimmapuram, Jayaram, et al. "Sleep Patterns of Resident Physicians and the Effect of Heartfulness Meditation." Annals of neurosciences vol. 28,1 (2021): 47-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09727531211039070
Thimmapuram J, Pargament R, Tredici SD, Bell T, Yommer D, Daoud D, Powell F, Madhusudhan DK. Sleep Patterns of Resident Physicians and the Effect of Heartfulness Meditation. Ann Neurosci. 2021 Jan;28(1):47-54. doi: 10.1177/09727531211039070. Epub 2021 Sep 23. PMID: 34733054; PMCID: PMC8558985.
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Ann Neurosci. 2021 Jan;28(1):47-54. doi: 10.1177/09727531211039070. Epub 2021 Sep 23.

Sleep Patterns of Resident Physicians and the Effect of Heartfulness Meditation.

Annals of neurosciences

Jayaram Thimmapuram, Robert Pargament, Sonya Del Tredici, Theodore Bell, Deborah Yommer, Dana Daoud, Frankie Powell, Divya K Madhusudhan

Affiliations

  1. Internal Medicine, WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
  2. WellSpan Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. Global Clinical Scholar Research Training Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

PMID: 34733054 PMCID: PMC8558985 DOI: 10.1177/09727531211039070

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Medical residents are vulnerable to poor sleep quality due to intense work shifts and academic load. Studies objectively quantified with sleep quantity and quality among resident physicians are limited. Meditation techniques have been shown to improve sleep but are rarely studied in this population. The aim of the present study is to evaluate sleep patterns of internal medicine residents and the effect of a structured Heartfulness meditation program to improve sleep quality.

METHODS: A total of 36 residents participated in a pre-post cohort study from January 2019 through April 2019. Sleep was monitored during a one-week outpatient rotation with two validated assessment tools, namely consensus sleep diary and actigraphy. After four intervening weeks, when the residents returned to the same rotation, Heartfulness meditation was practiced and the same parameters were measured. At the end of the study period, an anonymous qualitative feedback survey was collected to assess the feasibility of the intervention.

RESULTS: All 36 residents participated in the study (mean age 31.09 years, SD 4.87); 34 residents (94.4%) had complete pre-post data. Consensus sleep diary data showed decreased sleep onset time from 21.03 to 14.84 min (

CONCLUSIONS: Residents obtained nearly 7 h of sleep during outpatient rotation. Findings suggest a structured Heartfulness meditation practice to be a feasible program to improve subjective sleep onset time and several objective measures among resident physicians.

© 2021 Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN).

Keywords: Actigraphy; Heartfulness; Meditation; Resident physician; Sleep

Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The lead author (Jayaram Thimmapuram) is a Heartfulne

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