Sleep quality is associated with the risk of death

In the annual annual meeting of sleep experts in Seattle in 2009, people with poor sleep quality such as sleep disorders, intermittent sleep, nightmares . were linked to death risk. death (increased risk). It is a result of research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Hershey, in addition, it is said that sleep disorders are also related to sleep apnea.

Insomnia is known when the sleep time is very short and is related to the ' stress ' problem, the stress phenomenon will increase the secretion of hormone cortisol and this increases blood pressure. Experts have studied for at least a year the relationship between insomnia and the risk of death.

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There were 1,741 men and women participating in the study, in 14 years of follow-up in men, the risk of death was 19.6% and this risk was 10.3% for women in 10 years of follow-up.

Compared to men who have normal sleep and at least 6 hours of sleep each day, those who lose sleep and sleep less are five times more likely to die. The results in the female group are similar but this relationship is not statistically significant.

In men, the problem of insomnia has a huge impact on health and the most influential when sleep is not enough. Insomnia becomes a priority medical problem, because insomnia or sleep is not closely related to sleep apnea, this medical problem needs to be discovered and treated right away.

Another study from San Francisco, followed 3,052 women (mean age 83.6) and 3,055 men (mean age 76.4) for at least three 24-hour cycles. Women who sleep less than 5 hours a day have a higher risk of death than women who sleep over 8 hours on average for 4.2 years. Results are similar in men.

Experts in the conference recommended that early sleep disorders be recognized and treated.