Sleep Patterns
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- Created on: 08-08-17 16:43
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- Sleep Patterns
- Physical and emotional effects of lack of sleep
- May increase risk of obesity
- Anxiety/ Depression
- Fatigue
- Irratibility
- Increased risk of accidents
- Stress and high blood pressure
- Poor attention span
- Lower energy levels
- Effect of ageing on sleep
- As we age we
- Find it hard to get to sleep
- More likely to suffer from sleep disorders and insomnia
- May wake during sleep more often
- Spend less time in deep, dreamless sleep so feel more sleep deprived
- As we age we
- The sleep cycle
- Sleep occurs in a recurring cycle of 90-110 minutes
- Stage 1: Falling asleep - half awake and half asleep
- Stage 2: Light Sleep - Breathing, heart rate and brain activity slows down
- Stage 3: Deep Sleep- Body makes repairs
- Stage 4: Relaxed, rhythmical breathing and limited muscle activity.
- Stage 5: increase in eye movement, breathing rate and blood pressure
- The sleep cycle
- Sleep occurs in a recurring cycle of 90-110 minutes
- Stage 1: Falling asleep - half awake and half asleep
- Stage 2: Light Sleep - Breathing, heart rate and brain activity slows down
- Stage 3: Deep Sleep- Body makes repairs
- Stage 4: Relaxed, rhythmical breathing and limited muscle activity.
- Stage 5: increase in eye movement, breathing rate and blood pressure
- Stage 5: increase in eye movement, breathing rate and blood pressure
- Stage 4: Relaxed, rhythmical breathing and limited muscle activity.
- Stage 3: Deep Sleep- Body makes repairs
- Stage 2: Light Sleep - Breathing, heart rate and brain activity slows down
- The sleep cycle
- Stage 5: increase in eye movement, breathing rate and blood pressure
- Stage 4: Relaxed, rhythmical breathing and limited muscle activity.
- Stage 3: Deep Sleep- Body makes repairs
- Stage 2: Light Sleep - Breathing, heart rate and brain activity slows down
- The importance of regular sleep
- Allows the body to repair for itself for the next day by carrying out biological maintenance tasks
- Keeps the brain healthy
- Most people need between 7.5 - 9 hours of sleep
- Employment related factors
- Jobs involving shift work make it difficult to sleep at regular times, so effects sleep patterns
- Night shifts
- Cause sleeping at the wrong hours/not enough sleep
- As having to balance work life/home life and sleep patterns
- Cause sleeping at the wrong hours/not enough sleep
- Night shifts
- People with stressful jobs may find it harder to get to sleep
- Stress is a major cause of sleeping difficulties
- Jobs involving shift work make it difficult to sleep at regular times, so effects sleep patterns
- Physical and emotional effects of lack of sleep
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