Are you a divorced middle-aged man? Well, this can affect your sleep, suggests a new study. Researchers in Britain have found that separated men in their middle-age are becoming more and more short-tempered, emotional and are underperforming at work due to a lack of sleep. The study has revealed that divorced male lawyers in their 50s, who live in London, are Britain’s worst sleepers - in fact, they only get an average of four hours sleep each night which seriously affects their day-to-day lives.
An average adult needs seven to eight hours of sleep everyday, according to experts. Interestingly, the researchers have found that single females in their 20s are United Kingdom’s best sleepers with around ten hours sleep a night, The Daily Telegraph reported.
For their study, the researchers surveyed 2,000 adults across the country to reveal what disturbs their sleep at night. "The survey results show just how big a problem lack of sleep can be for some people and the havoc it can wreak on our personal lives," Steve Simpson from Silentnight was quoted as saying.
The majority of those polled nationwide said a lack of sleep had an adverse effect on their everyday life. A massive 93 per cent of people said that they are bad-tempered without a good night’s sleep and 31 per cent of people suffer from a lack of sex drive after having lost some sleep.
Just under half of people in East Anglia (43 per cent), 40 per cent of those in the south-west of England and 40 per cent of those in Scotland said that not being able to get comfortable affected their sleeping patterns.
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