The Claim

In healthy adults, wearing blue light blocking glasses from 6 PM until bedtime for one week does not result in statistically significant improvements in objective sleep duration or continuity, as measured by wrist actigraphy, when compared to a control condition.

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

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
46score
Challenges
0score

These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.

Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Wearing blue light blocking glasses after 6 PM for a week doesn’t actually help healthy adults sleep longer or more soundly, according to wrist-worn sleep trackers.

See the scientific wording

In healthy adults, wearing blue light blocking glasses from 6 PM until bedtime for one week does not improve objective sleep duration or continuity as measured by wrist actigraphy, with no statistically significant differences in total sleep time or other actigraphy-derived metrics between BLB and control conditions.

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 blue light blocking glasses didn’t actually help people sleep longer or more continuously at night when measured by a sleep-tracking device, even though people felt they slept better.

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