CURA's Expert panel

CURA of Sweden has a long-term ambition to improve the public health by helping people to healthy sleep. In this mission, we tie bands and listen to authorities in the academic world. We collaborate with professors, doctors, scientists and therapists that stands behind our work.

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"A weighted duvet often helps people with sleep problems to get a better and longer-lasting sleep."

– Ole Petter Hjelle,

Norway's leading neuroscientist.

“To improve the quality of sleep is desirable in order to maintain good mental and physical health."

– Torbjörn Åkerstedt,

Professor at Karolinska Institutet and Stressforskningsinstitutet.

"Oxytocin is released when activated by various sensory nerves in the skin and relieves anxiety, stress and pain."

– Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg,

Doctor and professor who specializes in feel-good hormones.

"Sleep is crucial to children's health. Too many don't get enough deep sleep."

– Sophie Ekman,

School doctor for over 3O years and Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet.

“Similar to touching, weighted duvets can stimulate the receptors in the skin, which improves sleep.”

– Berit Seiger Cronfalk,

Registered Nurse, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer.

"Weighted duvets reduce the time of falling asleep."

– Kerstin Malmberg,

Doctor, neuropsychiatric unit at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital. 

When we are tired, it is so much harder to find our lust."

– Margit Leist Hagström,

Registered midwife, authorised sexual counsellor (NACS) and CBT therapist.

"Sleep problems increase the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease."

– Claude Marcus,

Professor and one of the leading experts on obesity in Sweden.

Professor Markku Partinen is a specialist in neurology and specializes in sleep medicine. Among other things he has been President of the World Sleep Medicine Association and runs the most internationally acclaimed sleep clinic in Finland.

"Studies show that a weighted duvet in many cases helps people who suffer from various sleep problems. In Sweden, weighted duvets have been used in healthcare for 15 years. For example, towards children with neuropsychiatric disabilities. A study regarding the effect of the weighted duvet has been initiated in Finland, and we look forward to seeing the results of what the duvet can do to improve sleep health. Using a weighted duvet is a completely harmless method that we want to explore further.”

Markku Partinen, 

Professor and specialist in neurology. 

Weighted duvets and research

Region Västernorrland

Region Västernorrland has done a study of 3O shift-working ambulance drivers to evaluate how the CURA weighted duvet affected their sleep. The results showed that 73 % of the participants had improved sleep. The study showed that various aspects of sleep were affected by the use of weighted duvet and the biggest difference was shown in the ability to maintain sleep.

Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset has done a controlled study of 199 patients aimed to evaluate the clinical use of weighted duvets for insomnia. The results showed that the use of weighted duvets reduced the median time to fall asleep from 7O to 3O minutes and led to a significant improvement in ten other sleep-related symptoms. The patients using weighted duvets stated by a self-rating scale that they got better sleep and were more alert the next day. In addition, their anxiety and worry quieted. After one year the positive effects on sleep were still maintained.

Uppsala universitet

Uppsala universitet has begun a study aimed to evaluate the effects of weighted duvets from CURA of Sweden, led by Professor Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg and sleep researcher Christian Benedict. Various variables will be analysed such as sleep time, deep sleep and hormone levels. The weighted duvets effect on heart rate will also be investigated.