Exploration of Sleep Habits Impact on Sleep Quality

Sharee Osborne

Problem/Question Results Discussion

How do habits and routines before sleep affect the quality and • Table 1 shows that when compared there was a statistical • The results of the study suggest that there may be a reason to
quantity of sleep? significance between hours slept each night by those who utilized believe that having a pre-sleep routine can improve sleep quantity
a pre-sleep routine compared to those that did not have a pre- but may not have the anticipated impacts on the quality of sleep.
sleep routine. • Limitations of the study may be due to lack of control in variable
Background
• Table 2 analyzed the relationship between having a pre-sleep including the potential for confounding variables and subject bias.
routine and reported quality of sleep. No statistical significance • A strength of the study was the large sample size of 91 respondents.
Poor sleep is a common problem in society. According to the
was found.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), roughly
• Table 3 identifies the number of total yes responses to all seven Conclusion
30% of American adults fall into the category of receiving too
pre-sleep routine options.
little sleep. Poor quality of sleep has been shown to result in
poor performance, impaired mood, and increased risk of Lack of sleep has the potential of having long term impacts on the
academic or professional shortcomings (Hershner & Chervin, physical, cognitive, and emotional health of Americans. With poor
2004). There has been mounting research done on the sleep quality and quantity being a problem affecting roughly a third
potential pre-sleep habits that can improve quality and of the adult population in America (Center for Disease Control and
quantity of sleep (Paavonen, et al., 2016; Leonard & Duncan, Prevention, 2017), there is need for interventions to improve sleep.
2020; Kuula, et al., 2020; Schlarb, et al., 2017; Kawai, et al., This study showed that pe-sleep routine can impact the quantity of
2018.; Knowledge, et al., 2012.; Gipson, et al., 2019.). sleep, but more research can be done to identify specific
interventions to address quality of sleep.

Methods and Materials

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