There Are Five Profiles Of Sleep Here Is What You Say About Your Health

A team of scientists has identified five distinct sleep profiles that correlate the quality of a person’s sleep with various health, psychological, and lifestyle outcomes. Although it’s something we all do frequently, the science of sleep remains somewhat unclear. For the new study, the scientists examined multiple aspects of sleep quality and how they related to a variety of outcomes. The first profile links poor sleep with negative mental health outcomes. Patients fitting this profile showed a range of sleep problems, particularly taking longer to fall asleep at night and being less satisfied with their sleep overall. They expressed higher depression, anxiety, stress, fear, and anger problems. People in the second profile presented no major sleep problems, but still had mental health issues, including higher ADHD, anger, stress, fear, and sadness, and lower conscientiousness. For patients in this group, their issues likely stem from other causes. The third profile was defined largely by the use of sleep aid medications. People in this group demonstrated greater conscientiousness and reported feeling more satisfied in their friendships and emotional support networks. However, they also showed increased cognitive problems with visual episodic memory, fluid intelligence, and spatial orientation. Profile number four was mostly linked to sleep duration, with fewer hours of rest associated with more aggressive behavior and difficulty with emotional processing, language, and fluid intelligence. Finally, the fifth profile was driven largely by sleep disturbances, waking frequently during the night. These patients also exhibited aggressive behavior and similar cognitive issues as profile four, but were also more likely to have thought problems, anxiety, high blood pressure, be smokers, and show symptoms of alcohol dependence.

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