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The role of sleep in dementia prevention: building the case for causality
Kening Jiang, Daniel D. Callow, Adam P. Spira. SLEEP, 2025-09-18
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Kening Jiang, Daniel D Callow, Adam P Spira; The Role of Sleep in Dementia Prevention: Building the Case for Causality, Sleep, , zsaf285, https://doi.org/1
Key findings
- Kening Jiang, Daniel D Callow, Adam P Spira; The Role of Sleep in Dementia Prevention: Building the Case for Causality, Sleep, , zsaf285, https://doi.org/1
Why it matters
This article argues for building the case that sleep plays a causal role in dementia prevention. It does not present new treatment or prevention results, but rather discusses the evidence needed to establish causality.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (SLEEP) |
| Journal's citation record | 3 / 4 | SLEEP: journal h-index 308 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 2 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.7 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 2.1× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Adam P. Spira: h-index 52 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | Johns Hopkins University: institution h-index 2,306 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40973665) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Jiang, K., Callow, D. D., & Spira, A. P. (2025). The role of sleep in dementia prevention: building the case for causality. SLEEP. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf285
Vancouver
Jiang K, Callow DD, Spira AP. The role of sleep in dementia prevention: building the case for causality. SLEEP. 2025. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaf285. PMID: 40973665.
BibTeX
@article{jiang2025-40973665,
author = {Jiang, Kening and Callow, Daniel D. and Spira, Adam P.},
title = {{The role of sleep in dementia prevention: building the case for causality}},
journal = {SLEEP},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1093/sleep/zsaf285},
pmid = {40973665},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf285}
}
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