Sleep duration and patterns in Chinese patients with diabetes: A meta‐analysis of comparative studies and epidemiological surveys

Abstract

PURPOSE\nA meta-analysis on sleep duration and patterns in patients with diabetes in China.\n\n\nDESIGN AND METHODS\nTwo investigators independently carried out a systematic literature search in both international and Chinese databases.\n\n\nFINDINGS\nA total of 47 studies with 98\u2009911 patients were included. The pooled mean sleep duration was 7.15\u2009hours/day in patients with diabetes and 7.49\u2009hours/day in healthy controls. The estimated percentage of short sleep duration of less than 6\u2009hours/day was 23.0% in patients with diabetes and 12.3% in healthy controls, while the proportion of short sleep duration of less than 7\u2009hours/day was 38.0% in patients with diabetes and 14.1% in healthy controls.\n\n\nPRACTICE IMPLICATIONS\nShort sleep duration was common in Chinese patients with diabetes.