Healthy Adults Need Less Sleep As They Are Older
Written by WTJ on February 1, 2010 – 2:00 pm -
A study was conducted at Clinical Research Centre of the University of Surrey to understand the sleeping time difference of healthy adults. The study involved young adults (age 20 to 30 years), middle-aged adults (40 to 55 years) and older adults (66 to 83 years) without sleep disorders. Researchers found that the older healthy adults are, the less time they sleep. It was found that the sleep need of healthy adults decreased significantly with increasing age. Older adults sleep 20 minutes less than middle-aged adults, whereas middle-aged adults sleep 23 minutes less than young adults. The scientists conclude that older adults who are sleepy during daytime are not normal, and hope the findings can change the existing insomnia treatment to older people. The study is published in Feb 1 journal SLEEP.
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