Sleep problems related to anxiety disorder?

Sleep problems may be related to tension according to a new report reported in Science Daily. The study announced that sleep problems may be experienced by individuals for a period at least half a year after intense life situations that result in feelings of nervousness.

The study concentrated on a population sample of 16,627 ladies and men and women without problems sleeping and 2,572 took part in a five-year longitudinal observational cohort study. The study was authored by Jussi Vahtera MD of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki, Finland.

At the onset of the study, measurements were taken of an individual's responsibility to anxiousness, which was set by a general feeling of stressfulness or hyperactivity. Measurement of sleep problems was measured at follow-up 5 years on re the incidence of post-onset life events like the death or sickness of relations, divorce, monetary difficulty and violence.

The report revealed that responsibility to uneasiness and exposure to negative life experiences were strongly related to sleep problems among examples of men who appeared to have a detriment to anxiousness. The odds of sleep problems were 3.11 times higher for those that experienced a harsh life experience as opposed to those who failed to. Among the group of men who were not liable to anxiousness, only 1.13 experienced sleep problems. For both women and men and females were liable to uneasiness, the chances for sleep problems for a period of zero to half a year after divorce was 2.05 with a corresponding proportion of 1.47 for those that were not liable to foreboding.

Dr. Vahtera said that "This five-year follow-up showed that exposure to severe stressful events can trigger sleep disturbances in people with undisturbed sleep before the event. Those liable to tension before the event appeared be at higher possibility of post-event sleep disturbances compared to those not liable to anxiety. The strength of this study is a study design that authorized the timing of pre-event predisposing traits and the frequency of specific stressed events precipitating the onset of sleep disturbances. Control for a big number of potential comfounding factors suggest that the noted associations were not explained by socioeconomic position, obesity, high alcohol intake or protracted conditions at study entry".

The conclusion suggest by experts is that adults get 7-8 hours of sleep each night for good health and perfect performance. They also endorse that teens sleep about 9 hours a night, school-age kids between 10-11 hours night and youngsters in preschool between 11-13 hours. Individuals who believe they might have a sleep problem should probably consult their primary care consultant or a sleep specialist.