Computers can break your sleep

If you don't sleep well, it may be due to your laptop (smartphone, tablet), or tablet, according to a study by the US National Sleep Foundation (NSF).

Computers can break your sleep

According to the study, 95% of the polls used a bright screen device before going to sleep, while 60% of them reported having problems with sleep such as snoring or feeling tired. tired the next morning.

Cell phones and computers, devices that make our lives more effective and interesting, can be abused to the extent that we sleep less at night, and many people work inefficiently today. later, according to Russell Rosenberg, vice president of NSF.

According to NSF survey results, many Americans said they often use technology devices such as laptops, smartphones, or tablets before sleeping. Exposure to artificial light at night and before bedtime will reduce the amount of melatonin in the hormone that stimulates sleep, increase alertness and change the physiological rhythm late an hour making it difficult to sleep. , according to Dr. Charles Czeisler of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Research shows that light screens are used by many people before sleeping. Bringing such harmful technology devices to the bedroom can increase the number of people who think they regularly sleep less hours than the required hours, Czeisler added.

6 out of 10 people surveyed said they used laptops or desktops at least a few nights each week before they went to sleep. More than half of the surveyed people also said that they browse the web every night or almost every night before sleeping. According to experts, this can have health consequences; About three-quarters of people over 30 said their jobs were also affected by sleepiness.

Are our devices really disruptive to sleep? If the upcoming tablet wave (iPad last year sold 15 million units) came back, sleep is the time when people will really have time to avoid their electronic devices. According to one study, 20% of a user's time working on an iPad is used in bed.

While these technologies have become a normal thing, it is clear that we must study more about how to use and design this technology appropriately to keep good sleep habits, according to David Cloud, CEO. NSF.