STUDY ON THE IMPACT FOR SLEEP DISTURBANCE DUE TO CHANGING URBAN OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE

Abstract

This paper focused on the effects of outdoor temperature upon the sleep disturbance due to temperature changing in the urban area. We conducted the questionnaire survey at Osaka Prefecture in 2010 through all four seasons. As a result, the positive correlation to sleep quality against outdoor temperature in only summer were found. And the statistical significance were found in the score of SQIDS between the case of using air conditioner and not.