 Posted: Thu 13:29, 28 Nov 2013 Post subject: published in the journal Sleep |
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| U.S. military not getting enough sleep -- less than 5 hours a night
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 31 () -- Eighty-five percent of U.S. military study participants had a clinically relevant sleep disorder, researchers say. Lead author Dr. Vincent Mysliwiec, chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma,[url=http://www.isabelmarantsneakersbootss.com/]isabel marant sneakers[/url], Wash.,[url=http://www.parajumpersjackenoutlet.de/]parajumpers online shop[/url], said 51 percent of had obstructive sleep apnea followed by 25 percent with insomnia. The study involved an analysis of 725 diagnostic polysomnograms -- used to diagnose sleep problems -- performed in 2010 at Madigan Army Medical Center. Study subjects were active duty military personnel from the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy,[url=http://www.parajumpersjackenoutlet.de/]parajumpers jacken outlet[/url], comprising mostly men -- 93.2 percent -- and 85 percent were combat veterans. Sleep disorder diagnoses were adjudicated by a board certified sleep medicine physician.The study, published in the journal Sleep, found the participants' mean self-reported home sleep duration was only 5.74 hours per night, and 41.8 percent reported sleeping 5 hours or less per night. Individual sleep needs vary, but most adults need about 7 to 8 hours of nightly sleep to feel alert and well-rested during the day."While sleep deprivation is part of the military culture, the high prevalence of short sleep duration in military personnel with sleep disorders was surprising," Mysliwiec said in a statement. "The potential risk of increased accidents as well as long-term clinical consequences of both short sleep duration and a sleep disorder in our population is unknown." |
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