Effects of acute sleep deprivation on state anxiety levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Increased anxiety levels have been widely recognized as one of the most important consequences of sleep deprivation.• There are still aspects of this relationship, such as the extent of the anxiogenic potential and the specific effects of different types of sleep deprivation, which remain unclear.• We intended to evaluate the effects of acute sleep deprivation on state anxiety levels, by means of a systematic review and meta-analyses.• A significant increase in state anxiety levels was observed as a consequence of sleep deprivation, but not due to sleep restriction.

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