The Complex Interaction Between Sleep-Related Information, Misinformation, and Sleep Health: A Call for Comprehensive Research on Sleep Infodemiology and Infoveillance.

IF 3.5 Q1 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES JMIR infodemiology Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI:10.2196/57748
Nicola Bragazzi, Sergio Garbarino
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Unstructured: The complex interplay between sleep-related information-both accurate and misleading-and its impact on clinical public health is an emerging area of concern. Lack of awareness of the importance of sleep, inadequate information related to sleep, combined with misinformation about sleep, disseminated through social media, non-expert advice, commercial interests, and other sources, can distort individuals' understanding of healthy sleep practices. Such misinformation can lead to the adoption of unhealthy sleep behaviors, reducing sleep quality and exacerbating sleep disorders. Simultaneously, poor sleep itself impairs critical cognitive functions, such as memory consolidation, emotional regulation, and decision-making. These impairments can heighten individuals' vulnerability to misinformation, creating a vicious cycle that further entrenches poor sleep habits and unhealthy behaviors. Sleep deprivation is known to reduce the ability to critically evaluate information, increase suggestibility, and enhance emotional reactivity, making individuals more prone to accepting persuasive but inaccurate information. This cycle of misinformation and poor sleep creates a clinical public health issue that goes beyond individual well-being, influencing occupational performance, societal productivity, and even broader clinical public health decision-making. The effects are felt across various sectors, from healthcare systems burdened by sleep-related issues to workplaces impacted by decreased productivity due to sleep deficiencies. The need for comprehensive clinical public health initiatives to combat this cycle is critical. These efforts must promote sleep literacy, increase awareness of sleep's role in cognitive resilience, and correct widespread sleep myths. Digital tools and technologies, such as sleep tracking devices and AI-powered applications, can play a role in educating the public and enhancing the accessibility of accurate, evidence-based sleep information. However, these tools must be carefully designed to avoid the spread of misinformation through algorithmic biases. Furthermore, research into the cognitive impacts of sleep deprivation should be leveraged to develop strategies that enhance societal resilience against misinformation. Sleep infodemiology and infoveillance, which involve tracking and analyzing the distribution of sleep-related information across digital platforms, offer valuable methodologies for identifying and addressing the spread of misinformation in real time. Addressing this issue requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving collaboration between sleep scientists, healthcare providers, educators, policymakers, and digital platform regulators. By promoting healthy sleep practices and debunking myths, it is possible to disrupt the feedback loop between poor sleep and misinformation, leading to improved individual health, better decision-making, and stronger societal outcomes.

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与睡眠有关的信息、错误信息和睡眠健康之间的复杂互动:呼吁对睡眠信息学和信息监控进行全面研究。
无序:与睡眠有关的信息--无论是准确的还是误导性的--之间复杂的相互作用及其对临床公共卫生的影响是一个新出现的关注领域。缺乏对睡眠重要性的认识、与睡眠有关的信息不足,再加上通过社交媒体、非专业建议、商业利益和其他来源传播的有关睡眠的错误信息,会扭曲个人对健康睡眠方式的理解。这些错误信息会导致人们采取不健康的睡眠行为,降低睡眠质量,加重睡眠障碍。同时,睡眠不足本身也会损害重要的认知功能,如记忆巩固、情绪调节和决策。这些损伤会增加个人对错误信息的脆弱性,从而形成恶性循环,进一步强化不良睡眠习惯和不健康行为。众所周知,睡眠不足会降低批判性评估信息的能力,增加受暗示性,提高情绪反应能力,使人更容易接受有说服力但不准确的信息。这种错误信息和睡眠不足的循环造成了临床公共卫生问题,它超越了个人福祉,影响了职业表现、社会生产力,甚至更广泛的临床公共卫生决策。从因睡眠相关问题而负担沉重的医疗保健系统,到因睡眠不足导致生产力下降而受到影响的工作场所,各行各业都能感受到这种影响。必须采取全面的临床公共卫生措施来消除这种循环。这些工作必须促进睡眠知识的普及,提高人们对睡眠在认知恢复能力中作用的认识,并纠正普遍存在的睡眠误区。数字工具和技术,如睡眠跟踪设备和人工智能驱动的应用程序,可以在教育公众和提高准确、循证睡眠信息的可及性方面发挥作用。然而,这些工具必须经过精心设计,以避免因算法偏差而传播错误信息。此外,应利用对睡眠不足对认知影响的研究来制定策略,增强社会抵御错误信息的能力。睡眠信息学和信息监控涉及跟踪和分析睡眠相关信息在数字平台上的传播情况,为实时识别和应对错误信息的传播提供了宝贵的方法。解决这一问题需要多学科方法,涉及睡眠科学家、医疗保健提供者、教育工作者、政策制定者和数字平台监管者之间的合作。通过推广健康的睡眠方式和揭穿神话,就有可能打破睡眠质量差与错误信息之间的反馈循环,从而改善个人健康状况、提高决策水平并加强社会成果。
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