Researchers from Pennsylvania State University recently released a study that helps people determine their sleep type and what it means for their overall health., which was published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, was made up of 3,683 middle-aged adults in the United States. Participants reported their chronic health conditions and sleep metrics — sleep duration, satisfaction, regularity, alertness and efficiency — twice during the study’s 10-year period.
Researchers found that insomnia sleepers were more likely to have conditions such as heart disease and depression. Sleep “gives the brain a chance to rejuvenate,” Lee said. “And so it helps wash away ... a lot of kind of the things that your brain needs to clear out.”While most everyone knows insomnia is a problem, excessive napping can also mask sleep issues.
“That’s not optimal, either. It would be ideal to have the same amount of adequate sleep . ... I think a lot of us are guilty of this, where we’re staying up late to do work, or family obligations or those kind of things, and we’re just stretched so thin, and then we just catch up ,” Lee said. The Penn State study largely focused on the chronic health issues that can come from insomnia — a condition that requires medical attention, not just the better-sleep interventions mentioned above.
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