Daily routines may influence sleep quality, quantity

By Allison Bond NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Maintaining a consistent daily routine may be linked to better sleep, according to a small new study. Yet the exact time people performed daily activities - say, eating dinner at 6 p.m. versus 8 p.m. - had little bearing on how well they slept. "For the majority of sleep outcomes, we found that completing activities at a regular time better predicted sleep outcomes than the actual time of day that activities were completed," Natalie Dautovich, a psychologist at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said. On the other hand, for older adults, inconsistent daily schedules were sometimes linked with better sleep, the researchers found.



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