Changes In Sleep

Morgan Manella in the article “Study: A Third of U.S. Adults Don’t Get Enough Sleep” argues that sleep deprivation can have a negative effect in someone’s health. Manella supports her argument by presenting statistics that shows how adults that don’t enough sleep have chronic conditions. The author’s purpose is to raise awareness so that people will sleep more often and have a better health condition.

Title + Author: Why We Sleep by: Matthew Walker, PhD. Summary: The book “Why We Sleep” takes a neuroscientific view on everything related to sleep, from why we struggle to fall asleep, to the benefits of sleep, dreaming and its purpose, and the stigma associated with sleep and work. The book discusses sleep in relation to the body, like the brain (memory, emotions, and reaction times), the immune system, appetite/metabolism, and overall health. Through various studies all around the world, Matthew Walker discusses the importance of sleep in all aspects of life such as school, work, and well-being, and why the lack of sleep can be dangerous and even deadly for yourself and others. He emphasizes the need for change around the stigma that sleep equals being lazy, especially for teenagers, but also for employers

Imagine: a world where a biological necessity is not seen as a priority, and adolescent’s educations are suffering. This is how schools’ think about sleep.What all human beings need to survive is being put on the back burner by most schools in America- sleep(11a). It has been proven through the process of scientific research that sleep is necessary on the same level as food or activity. Unfortunately, sleep deprivation is a chronic health problem that many youths suffer from today. Teens are naturally predisposed to go to sleep around 11 pm, but are forced to wake up around 6:15, not allowing any time for adequate sleep (“Backgrounder: Later school start Times” 1). Irregular sleep patterns during teenage years can cause long-term

(Ed). Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences. New York. Cambridge University Press 2002: xvii. Dahl, RE.

Sleep disturbance among the older adult population is known to be a prevalent issue (Gooneratne, Pack, Staley, Schutte-Rodin, Dinges, & Pack, 2011). Much study has

However compared to the other development groups of life the adulthood stage was the period in which adults only needed seven to nine hours of sleep. Sleeping disorders are common for adults. Adult with issues to sleep are no benefiting enough as people who do since it improves their neurocognitive functions. A study was done to compare the sleep architecture of young and older adults. The study viewed the emphasis on REM and sleep spindle density. Another objective studied in this experiment

Sleep is a vital component to sustaining life in humans. Even though everyone participates in sleeping, many individuals do not understand the true significance of sleeping, and what benefits and consequences come with too much or too little sleep. Sleep comes in different stages throughout the period of rest, with some stages being more important than others. By interrupting various stages, different types of problems can arise from which stage is being affected. In particular, elder adults are affected in larger numbers to a more extensive depth of issues. “However, aging does not mean elders should encounter sleep disorders; it merely increases the possibility that more elders will seek help to manage the problem” (Song, Hollenbeck, Blair, Schatzkin, Chen. 2012. p.316) By understanding possible causes for sleep disorders, what kinds of physiological effects this has on the aged anatomy, and the types of problems that appear in the psychological aspect, it becomes achievable to begin working towards reversing complications and promoting elder sleep health.

Many times people think they can accomplish more if they could eliminate so much sleeping time.  However, they are only hurting their productivity if they lose sleep.  Two articles deal with the issue of sleep deprivation.  The College Student Journal published an article about the grade-point average of college students and sleep length, while U.S. News & World Report produced an article dealing with the lack of

Research indicates that America’s sleep problems have increased and might be the number one health problem. The average amount of sleep that people get per night can range anywhere from three to twelve hours. According to Dr. David Dinges at the University of Pennsylvania, it is a fact that people who get fewer than six hours of sleep a night do not live as long as people who get seven hours or more. Most people do not realize the importance of sleep or even realize that it is needed to survive. Many people experience sleep deprivation; however it is commonly seen in college students. Irregular sleeping patterns tend to occur in students, which can later lead to long-term effects.

Lack of sleep is becoming an increasing concern in adolescents and its effect on their lifestyle. Mainly, their attitudes in school and outcomes in their test scores. Less than half of American children get at least nine hours of sleep each night, and 58 percent of 15- to 17-year-olds regularly sleep fewer than seven hours each night (The Atlantic). In this essay I’m going to explain the problem of lack of sleep, the solution to the problem, discard refutations, give a visualization of a correct sleep schedule, and do my best to convince you of the importance of a correct sleep schedule.

During night sleep, the mean of blood pressure have a decrease of 10-20% compared to the one in daytime. Sleep plays a main part of circadian blood pressure variations with lowest BP during slow-wave sleep (SWS) and relatively higher BP during light and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

The first three years of life is extremely important in the development and equilibrium of psychological functions including the sleep-wake cycle. The structure of sleep is viewed as a compilation and product of a broad range of stimuli from biological and external factors. It is evident that nighttime sleep patterns are developed in infancy (E. Fazzi et al., 2006) and excessive sleep awakenings decrease (Weinraub et al., 2012). Not all infants demonstrate this decline, 30% of infants and toddlers continue to experience multiple and prolonged nocturnal awakenings. Disruptive sleep-wake cycles may indicate future problems with physiological, emotional, and behavioral self-regulation (Weinraub et al., 2012).

Sleep is a state of unconsciousness which is fundamental to maintain the body and mind and stay healthy. Typically, it recurs every night for several hours where eyes are closed, postural muscles are relaxed and responsiveness to external stimuli is reduced (Harvard Medical School 2007). The amount of sleep a person gets is significant to their mental health and emotional well-being. For an adult, the average amount of sleep recommended is 7-8 hours but this varies with each individual, gender and age as everyone has different requirements for their health and body. Some may argue too much is also bad for the health as it disrupts the natural body clock. To sustain the body clock would be an ideal way to remain healthy and get the right amount

You often hear of the elderly complaining about their sleep quality. Why do older people sleep worse than younger? Generally, a person’s health determines their quality of sleep. Older people who have health problems experience a harder time falling asleep compared to healthy elders. Health issues like back problems, for example, will cause a person’s back to hurt and when they sleep they will be quite uncomfortable. To find out how aging affects sleep, Dr. Vitilleo, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington, and other investigators started a study. This study included a large group with about half of the participants over 65 years old. They observed that sleep older people compared to young adults was

The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of sleep timing, sleep quality, and sleep duration on academic achievements in young adults. Those who participated in the study were thirty-six Italian seniors in high school. In order to determine their ideal sleep timing, they each filled out the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (MEQ-CA). For two non-consecutive weeks, students underwent actigraphy, which is a non-invasive method of monitoring human rest and activity cycles. This was done in a one month period, and was able to assess factors such as: habitual sleep timing though the midpoint (MS); habitual sleep quality through the parameter of sleep efficiency (SE); and habitual sleep duration through the parameter of total sleep time (TST) (Tonetti, Fabbri, Filardi, Martoni, Natale, 2015). At the end of each actigraphic-recording week, the students completed the Mini Sleep Questionnaire, and their school performance were assessed by the grades achieved after taking final exams.