The Claim

In healthy adults, the use of blue light blocking glasses may be associated with a paradoxical reduction in total sleep time, as indicated by both subjective (468 vs 480 minutes) and objective (433 vs 449 minutes) measurements, although the differences did not reach statistical significance (P = .066 and P = .075, respectively).

Source: Effect of evening blue light blocking glasses on subjective and objective sleep in healthy adults: A randomized control trial.

What the research says

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Supports
46score
Challenges
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Quantitative
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Wearing blue light blocking glasses might actually make some people sleep a little less, even though they’re supposed to help. Both how people felt and sleep tracker data showed slightly shorter sleep, but the difference wasn’t strong enough to be sure it wasn’t just chance.

See the scientific wording

Blue light blocking glasses may lead to a paradoxical trend toward shorter total sleep time in healthy adults, with both subjective (468 vs 480 minutes) and objective (433 vs 449 minutes) measurements showing numerically reduced sleep duration during BLB use, though these differences did not reach statistical significance (P = .066 and P = .075, respectively).

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effect of evening blue light blocking glasses on subjective and objective sleep in healthy adults: A randomized control trial.

    The study found that people wearing blue light blocking glasses in the evening slept slightly less than when not wearing them, even though it wasn’t a big enough difference to be certain it wasn’t due to chance. This matches the claim that these glasses might unexpectedly reduce sleep time.

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