The Impact Of Sleep Deprivation On Middle-age Health, New Study


Impact Of Sleep Deprivation


Another major damage caused by a lack of sleep in middle age is revealed. This was revealed in a medical study. Lack of sleep is said to be the cause of several diseases. It has now been discovered that a lack of sleep in middle age leads to brain decline in old age, including memory and thinking problems. A study by the University of California, USA, reported that experiencing sleep problems at the age of 30 or 40 increases the risk of mental disorders.


526 people were included in this study. What are the impacts of under 6 hours of rest on the body? This one habit can lead to many diseases, while other problems are different.


The average age of the subjects at the start of the study was 40 years, and their health was monitored for 11 years. During this period, the duration and quality of sleep of these individuals were also observed. Trackers were worn on the wrist to measure their average sleep duration, and it was found that the average sleep duration of these individuals was 6 hours. Sleeping and waking times were also ascertained from these persons.


239 people (46 percent) reported poor sleep. Various tests were completed to test the memory and thinking abilities of these individuals. The study found that of the 176 people whose sleep was most affected, 44 performed poorly on tests 10 years later. After adjusting for age, gender, education, and other factors, it was found that people with poor sleep had a double risk of dementia.


The findings suggest that signs of Alzheimer's disease began to appear decades earlier, the researchers said. He said there is a link between sleep and mental health in middle age. He added that sleep quality in middle age has the greatest impact on mental health.


More research is needed to examine this connection, he said, and it's important to know at what point in our lives sleep is most strongly connected to the brain. The results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology.