{"id":14432,"date":"2022-01-19T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=14432"},"modified":"2022-01-19T22:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:40:07","slug":"study-finds-sleep-quality-deteriorates-after-the-age-of-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/study-finds-sleep-quality-deteriorates-after-the-age-of-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds: Sleep Quality Deteriorates After the Age of 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent survey reveals not-so-good news for those facing sleeping difficulties at a younger age. Reportedly, sleep quality after the age of 24 goes on a downward spiral due to several reasons, such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family-related obligations and stress\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work stress\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">room temperature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial worries were fourth on the list of most cited issues, followed by excessive screen time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conducted by the wellness company <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doTERRA,<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evaluated the experience with sleep of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/01\/09\/your-ability-to-sleep-well-deteriorates-after-the-age-of-24-15888934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2,000 individuals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during different life periods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About half of the respondents said they\u2019d slept better when they were younger. After that, the number of people satisfied with their sleep quality gets lower and lower. What\u2019s more, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">37% of them even described their sleep between the ages of 25 and 54 as the worst of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, just 4% reported having a good night\u2019s sleep between the ages of 45 and 54. In addition, over the age of 55, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/sleep-gets-worse-with-age-22652542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of people<\/span> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reporting satisfying sleep is even lower\u2014a scary 3%!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation is similar in the US. Stats show that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todaysgeriatricmedicine.com\/archive\/MA16p20.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about 37%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the adults aged 65 to 74 and 47% of those older than 75 use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/best-over-the-counter-sleep-aid\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over-the-counter sleep aids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at least 15 nights a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, why does sleep worsen as we age?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to sleep experts, this can be explained by the fact that younger people face fewer of the major stress factors cited above. Plus, sleep doctors believe that young people\u2019s physical fitness also allows them to get a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 50% of participants in the abovementioned survey said they rarely or never sleep enough, while only 14% said they get at least eight hours of sleep per night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately a third (33%) reported getting seven hours of sleep a night regularly, while a quarter claimed they get six hours of sleep. Finally, 24% of the respondents even reported living with just five hours of sleep or less.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking into consideration these devastating numbers, the rising number of sleep aid users isn\u2019t surprising in the least.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey reveals not-so-good news for those facing sleeping difficulties at a younger age. Reportedly, sleep quality after the age of 24 goes on a downward spiral due to several reasons, such as:\u00a0 family-related obligations and stress\u00a0 work stress\u00a0 room temperature. Financial worries were fourth on the list of most cited issues, followed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}