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: Received: 29 September 2024 / Approved: 29 September 2024 / Online: 30 September 2024 (07:48:06 CEST)
How to cite:
Rastmanesh, R.; Marotta, F. Person-to-Person Bacterial Transmission Can Change the Sleep Pattern in Newly Married Couples. Preprints2024, 2024092354. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2354.v1
Rastmanesh, R.; Marotta, F. Person-to-Person Bacterial Transmission Can Change the Sleep Pattern in Newly Married Couples. Preprints 2024, 2024092354. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2354.v1
Rastmanesh, R.; Marotta, F. Person-to-Person Bacterial Transmission Can Change the Sleep Pattern in Newly Married Couples. Preprints2024, 2024092354. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2354.v1
APA Style
Rastmanesh, R., & Marotta, F. (2024). Person-to-Person Bacterial Transmission Can Change the Sleep Pattern in Newly Married Couples. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2354.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rastmanesh, R. and Francesco Marotta. 2024 "Person-to-Person Bacterial Transmission Can Change the Sleep Pattern in Newly Married Couples" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2354.v1
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The composition of the gut microbiota varies significantly among healthy individuals and insomniacs, hypersomniacs and healthy people. On the other hand, there is a substantial bacterial strain shared across these populations with distinct intra-population, mother-to-infant and intra-household transmission patterns. Based on these premises, we propose a hypothesis stating that person-to-person bacterial transmission can change the sleep pattern in couples. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this pilot study, 157 couples who had been married and living together for an average of 5.91 months were enrolled. A wide range of questionnaires were administered to participants to measure sleep patterns. Gut microbiota composition was analyzed at two time points: baseline and 3 months. RESULTS: Three months after the marriage, spouses with healthy sleep pattern were significantly more likely to resemble their insomniac or hypersomniac couples. CONCLUSIONS: The research will have important implications in terms of diagnosis and treatment of sleep disturbances through microbiota modulation.
Keywords
Gut microbiota; bacterial transmission; person-to-person contact; sleep disturbances; newly married couples
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Internal Medicine
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