Impact of daylight saving time on circadian timing system : an expert statement

• Autores: Meira e Cruz, M.; Miyazawa, M.; Manfredini, R.; Cardinali, Daniel Pedro; Madrid, J. A.; Reiter, R.; Araujo. J. F.; Agostinho, R.; Acuña Castroviejo, Darío
• Año de publicación: 2019
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: Postprint del artículo publicado en European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019, 60.
• Materia: CRONOBIOLOGIA; RITMO CIRCADIANO; NEUROBIOLOGIA; SUEÑO; ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES; HOMEOSTASIS
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Fil: Meira e Cruz, M. Universidad de Lisboa. Facultad de Medicina. Centro Cardiovascular. Unidad de Sueño; Portugal
Fil: Miyazawa, M. Universidad de Granada. Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud. Facultad de Medicina. Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Departamento de Fisiología; España
Fil: Manfredini, R. Universidad de Ferrara. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Ciencias Médicas. Cirugía y Prevención; Italia
Fil: Cardinali, D. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina
Fil: Madrid, J.A. Universidad de Murcia. Facultad de Biología. Departamento de Fisiología; España
Fil: Reiter, R.Universidad de Texas. Centro de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Sistemas Celulares y Anatomía; Estados Unidos
Fil: Araujo, J.F. Universidad Federal de Río Grande del Norte. Laboratorio de Neurobiología y Ritmo Biológico. Departamento de Biofísica y Fisiología; Brasil
Fil: Agostinho, R. Universidad de Lisboa. Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Astrofísica y Ciencias del Espacio. Departamento de Física; Portugal
Fil: Acuña-Castroviejo, D. Universidad de Granada. Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud. Facultad de Medicina. Centro de Investigación Biomédica. Departamento de Fisiología; España
Abstract: Even though that in the very beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST) policy, standards were decided individually by each country, and were not regulated, most European member States have progressively been adopting the so called “summer time” since 1970s or 1980s which had been gradually harmonized under EU law [1]. Public discomfort have been argued for years and claims from several social groups regarding the need for a public inquiry were attended. However, after European Union decided to properly ask citizens about their feelings regarding Daylight Saving Time, a small fraction of European citizens (68% from Germany) had told that they don't want to change the time twice a year. Despite the very statistically biased result, there are still misgivings about the biomedical and clinical meanings of this position. Therefore a significant amount of uncertainty related to the actual impact of DST on health persists both in general public and in the clinical and scientific community. Actually, at the same time discussion seemed ready to be closed in EU, some countries persist with this trend and some others try to implement variants.