That conclusion resulting in a study in the United States. Researchers measure the sleep patterns of 125 adults who received three injections of vaccine as protection against hepatitis B disease. result analysis shows, the immune system tends to be sleep-deprived participants less produce antibodies in response to the vaccine.
From these studies, researchers concluded that less time sleeping (not quality sleep) will affect the number of antibodies produced in response to the vaccine.
"These findings should be a warning to the public health community about the clear relationship between sleep and health," said researcher, Aric Prather, from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Society Scholar at the University of California.
Results of these findings was published on August 1, 2012 in the journal Sleep. According to, these are findings Parther first outside sleep Labs to confirm that sleep duration can affect the effectiveness of the vaccine.
"Based on the findings and laboratory evidence, doctors and other healthcare professionals who will give you the vaccine should ask their patients in order to get enough sleep time, due to the lack of sleep can affect the efficacy of the vaccine," said Prather.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults get seven to nine hours of sleep per night waaktu. Even though there is a relationship between sleep and the effectiveness of the vaccine, but it did not prove a causal relationship.
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