Patel SI, et al. – This trial ascertained if the presence of a dog in the bedroom or bed, disturbed sleep. The findings disclosed that the humans with a single dog in their bedroom were reported to display good sleep efficiency. The dog's position on/off the bed, nevertheless, made a difference. It was deduced that a dog's presence in the bedroom could not be disruptive to human sleep, as was previously suspected.

Methods

• An examination was performed of the sleep of humans and dogs occupying the same bedroom for ascertaining if this arrangement was conducive to sleep, from August 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015.
• The recruitment comprised of 40 healthy adults without sleep disorders and their dogs (no dogs
• Each enrollee wore an accelerometer and their dog a validated dog accelerometer for the duration of 7 nights.

Results

• The mean ± SD age of the candidates (88% women) was found to be 44±14 years and body mass index was 25± 6.
• The mean ± SD age of the dogs was 5±3 years and weight was 15±13 kg.
• Mean ± SD actigraphy data illustrated 475±101 minutes in bed, 404± 99 minutes total sleep time, 81%±7% sleep efficiency, and 71±35 minutes wake time after sleep onset.
• The dogs' accelerometer activity during the corresponding human sleep period was characterized as mean ± SD minutes at rest, active, and at play of 413 ±102, 62± 43, and 2±4.
• The dogs had mean ± SD 85%±15% sleep efficiency.
• Lower human sleep efficiency was found if the dog was on the bed, in contrast to simply in the room (P=.003).