Sleep Deficiency and Sleep Disorders are Common
- 1 in 3 Americans don't get enough sleep
- Chronic insomnia affects 10% of adults and 30% of primary care patients
- Sleep apnea affects 6 million adults
Sleep difficulty occurs across the lifespan and often goes undetected, unreported, and untreated.
Sleep loss can be a contributing factor to:
- Heart & blood vessel problems
- High blood pressure
- Stroke
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Diabetes/obesity
- Depression
- Dementia - Alzheimers
- Poor immunity/infection
- Pain
Effects of sleep loss on daytime function:
- Sleepiness
- Fatigue
- Memory impairment
- Impaired decision-making
- Poor relationships
- Motor vehicle crashes
- Lower academic performance
- Poor athletic/physical performance
- Worse quality of life
Factors Affecting Sleep Loss
Predisposing Factors
- Personality
- Genetics
- Sleep-wake cycle
- Circadian mechanism
- Coping mechanism
- Age
Precipitating Factors
- Situational
- Enironmental
- Medical
- Psychiatric
- Prescription medications
Perpetuating Factors
- Conditioning
- Substance abuse
- Worries/stress
- Performance anxiety
- Use of electronic devices at night
- Poor sleep hygiene behaviors