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Sleeping is better than sex, say tired Brits
Saturday, 28 February 2009
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Almost 80% of Britons prefer a good night's sleep to sex, a survey has revealed.
Researchers also found seven out of 10 have trouble sleeping and almost a quarter claimed they suffered from insomnia.
The study of more than 8,500 people revealed 79.2% admitted they preferred the thought of extra sleep to sex.
Only 12% of those surveyed admitted to getting eight hours sleep although almost 40% believed that was how much they needed.
Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said: "Disrupted sleep not only impacts on quality of life, but there's an increased risk of higher blood pressure and its consequences - heart attacks and strokes.
"Many people have jobs that demand a lot of attention - and attention is the first mental ability to deteriorate after a poor night's sleep.
"Some people think they can manage on less - but really they aren't performing or feeling as well as they might. The average for adults is around 7.5 hours, so those 40% are right - they understand that they're not functioning properly."
The survey of 8,511 people was carried out this month on the GMTV website.
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Stuart - My ex-husband used to say he was a better driver after a couple of drinks. His saying it didn't make it true and it didn't savehis licence when the cops eventually stopped him. You can't be objective.
Posted by Anne | 02.03.09, 15:27 GMT
I LAUGH at how these so called 'experts' class everyone as the same. We are ALL different ""Many people have jobs that demand a lot of attention - and attention is the first mental ability to deteriorate after a poor night's sleep."
I drive a lot of the time in my job and some nights I have only had 2 - 3 hours of disrupted sleep, I STILL have the required attention while driving.
"Some people think they can manage on less - but really they aren't performing or feeling as well as they might."
After only two hours sleep years ago (which was a norm then) I was able to work a 12 hour shift and STILL do my job as well as, if not better tha, the other staff.
Posted by Stuart | 01.03.09, 01:44 GMT