Unhealthy Sleep-Related Behaviors — 12 States, 2009
An estimated 50-70 million adults in the United States have chronic sleep and wakefulness disorders . Sleep difficulties, some of which are preventable, are associated with chronic diseases, mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, limitations of daily functioning, injury, and mortality. The Nationa...
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Veröffentlicht in: | MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2011-03, Vol.60 (8), p.233-238 |
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Zusammenfassung: | An estimated 50-70 million adults in the United States have chronic sleep and wakefulness disorders . Sleep difficulties, some of which are preventable, are associated with chronic diseases, mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, limitations of daily functioning, injury, and mortality. The National Sleep Foundation suggests that most adults need 7-9 hours of sleep per night, although individual variations exist. To assess the prevalence and distribution of selected sleep difficulties and behaviors, CDC analyzed data from a new sleep module added to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 2009. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which determined that, among 74,571 adult respondents in 12 states, 35.3% reported having |
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ISSN: | 0149-2195 1545-861X |