Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Survey: American Sleep Getting Worse

The US National Sleep Foundation has released the results of their latest sleep survey. It shows that the quality of American sleep is getting worse.

Only about half of those questioned report getting a good night's sleep every night. Almost one in six get less than six hours of sleep. 26% of women and 20% of men say that they get less sleep than they need.

Sleep problems are affecting American relationships. Almost a quarter of couples reported sleeping separately becuse of problems such as snoring, insomnia or excessive night movement. 35% reported relationship difficulties due to sleep problems.
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