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Subjectively, women report an increase in night-time awakening and an increase in total sleep time. [1] Pregnant women's main physiological complaints about the quality of sleep during the first trimester are related to nausea and vomiting, urinary frequency, backaches, and feeling uncomfortable and fatigued; as well as tender breasts, headache ...
Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency [2] or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health. It can be either chronic or acute and may vary widely in severity.
Lack of sleep amplifies anxiety in people who already experience increased levels of worry. [42] A survey of college students in 2018 showed 63% of students felt "overwhelming anxiety." Depression has also been linked to sleeplessness. In a study of 1,000 young adults those with sleep issues were four times more likely to develop depression. [43]
Sleep is commonly referred to as the third pillar of health, yet research repeatedly shows that as many as one-third of Americans aren't getting enough of it. According to the American Academy of ...
1. Fatigue. Research indicates that daytime sleepiness is the most obvious and common sign of sleep debt.If you feel groggy even after you’ve been awake for a while or if you find yourself ...
Additionally, lack of sleep causes increased anxiety-like behaviors and impairs the brain's ability to block out unimportant stimuli when performing tasks requiring attention. Disruptions in important brain circuits and the downregulation of proteins necessary for cognitive stability are the causes of these behavioral abnormalities. [30]
Professor Jim Horne, director of Loughborough University's Sleep Research Centre, explains that "for women, poor sleep is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress and greater ...
Chronic sleep deprivation (less than 8 hours of sleep) is associated with an increase in body mass index (BMI) and obesity. In a study with 3000 patients, it was found that men and women who sleep less than 5 hours have elevated body mass index (BMI). In another study that followed about 70.000 women for 16 years, there was a significant ...