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We spend one-third of our lifetime in sleep. There is paucity of data on sleep duration, practices, circadian types and their influence on sleep beliefs in general population. This study was done to evaluate the knowledge and beliefs about sleep hygiene, sleep practices and to compare these practices among different gender and age groups of Indian population. The influence of circadian typology on the sleep beliefs was also studied.

An online survey to capture data on demographics, sleep hygiene practices, reduced morningness–eveningness scale and the sleep beliefs scale (SBS) was created.

Survey was completed by 832 adult respondents, with a mean age of 34.70 ± 13.11 years. Majority were female (53.96%) and most respondents (88.4%) lived in urban areas. Mean sleep duration …