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Sleep and Health among Collegiate Student-Athletes.

Ashley Hansen,A. Athey,M. Ross,M. Grandner

Published 2019 in Chest

ABSTRACT

While the link between sleep, health and performance has been well-documented, research on this link in collegiate student-athletes is still in its infancy. A large body of evidence indicates that collegiate student-athletes are not obtaining enough sleep, but less is known about their sleep quality, patterns and the impact on health and performance. Consequently, short sleep negatively impacts physical and mental health, and several domains of performance (i.e., aerobic, anaerobic, sport-specific, cognitive). The majority of studies examining the links between short sleep, health, and performance have been conducted with healthy adults or non-college athlete samples, yet collegiate student-athletes have demands unlike those of their non-athlete or non-college athlete counterparts. Poor sleep health and sleep disorders are of increasing concern among the college athlete population and have recently been recognized by national and international sport governing bodies. The purpose of this review is to summarize the available literature on sleep and its impact on health and performance among athletes, specifically addressing gaps where no data is available on collegiate student-athletes. Consideration is also given to sleep interventions that have been utilized with athletes, as well as recommendations for future research and intervention development.

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