Evening RoutineEvidence & Dosage
Wind down, dim the lights, screen cut-off, prepare for sleep.
Evidence at a glance
- Total studies
- 85
- With abstract
- 20
- Meta / Systematic / RCT
- 0
- Highly cited
- 2
- Publication years
- 2016–2026
Evening Routine in the context of Methods
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Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.
Self-supervised learning of accelerometer data provides new insights for sleep and its association with mortality
medRxiv2023n=100,0008 influential citationsSummary Background Sleep is essential to life. Accurate measurement and classification of sleep/wake and sleep stages is important in clinical studies for sleep disorder diagnoses and in the interpretation of data from consumer devices for…
Randomized Crossover Trial of the Impact of Morning or Evening Dosing of Antihypertensive Agents on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure: The HARMONY Trial
HYPERTENSION2018n=955 influential citationsSome data suggest that nocturnal dosing of antihypertensive agents may reduce cardiovascular outcomes more than daytime dosing. This trial was designed to evaluate whether ambulatory blood pressure monitoring levels differ by timing of…
Impact of 12-Month mHealth Home Telemonitoring on Clinical Outcomes in Older Individuals With Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth2025n=1284 influential citations<h4>Background</h4>As the population ages, the prevalence of chronic diseases such as arterial hypertension (AH) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing, posing challenges for effective management in primary care settings. Although mobile…
Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players
Frontiers in Physiology20182 influential citations<b>Purpose:</b> The aim of this study was to investigate objective and subjective sleep quality, daytime tiredness and sleepiness in response to a late-evening high intensity interval training (HIIT) session in neither-type soccer players…
Feasibility and acceptability of a personalised script-elicitation method for improving evening sleep hygiene habits
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine2023n=241 influential citations<h4>Background</h4>Attempts to improve evening sleep hygiene have overlooked that sleep preparation behaviours are often undertaken automatically with little awareness; that is, habitually. This mixed-methods study assessed aspects of the…
Mixed-methods Analysis of Preoperative Distress and Postoperative Outcomes in a Prospective, Observational Cohort of Older Adults.
Anesthesiology2026n=1321 influential citations<h4>Background</h4>The effect of psychological distress on general geriatric surgery outcomes remains unexplored despite recommendations for routine, preoperative distress screening. This study aimed to assess preoperative distress…
A mixed-method process evaluation of guided online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with borderline personality disorder.
BMC psychiatry2026n=301 influential citations<h4>Background</h4>Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often associated with insomnia, which may contribute to a vicious cycle of reciprocal exacerbation of sleep disturbance and BPD symptoms. Online cognitive behavioral therapy for…
Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Intervention for Improving Physical Activity in Adults Without Regular Physical Activity: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR formative research2025n=401 influential citations<h4>Background</h4>The ecological momentary intervention (EMI) is one of the most promising digital-primarily mobile-interventions to enhance physical activity (PA) and other health behaviors. It is a combination of ecological momentary…
Differences in circadian phase and weekday/weekend sleep patterns in a sample of middle-aged morning types and evening types
Chronobiology International2016Factors contributing to sleep timing and sleep restriction in daily life include chronotype and less flexibility in times available for sleep on scheduled days versus free days. There is some evidence that these two factors interact, with…
Pharmacist Based Antihypertensive Medication Review and Assignment of Morning versus Evening Dosing of Once Daily Antihypertensive Medications: A Pilot Study to Assess Feasibility and Efficacy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Clinical and experimental hypertension2017n=79Evening dosing of antihypertensive medications lowers nighttime blood pressure, and in one large randomized trial, it reduced the risk for cardiovascular outcomes. However, the feasibility of nighttime dosing in routine clinical practice…
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