儿童和成人睡眠新发现(2/2)

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有研究发现睡眠呼吸障碍影响人类健康。对于儿童则可能引起行为和情感上的问题。
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Michael Grandner
University of Pennsylvania
注意呦：文中提到本杂志叫Sleep
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组长：澈底
答疑：ldzh43How well do you sleep? A popular belief is that sleep gets worse with age. But, in another new study, those who reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep were people in their 80s.
Researchers did a telephone survey of more than 150,000 American adults. Michael Grandner at the University of Pennsylvania medical school says the original goal was to confirm that aging is connected with increased sleep problems.
The survey did find an increase during middle age, worse in women than men. But except for that, people reported that their sleep quality improved as they got older. At least they felt it did.
Mr. Grandner says, even if sleep among older Americans is actually worse than in younger adults, feelings about it still improve with age.
The findings appear in the journal Sleep. In the study, health problems and depression were linked with poor sleep. Also, women reported more sleep disturbances and tiredness than men.
But, based on the study, Mr. Grandner says older people who are not sick or depressed should be reporting better sleep. "If they're not, they need to talk to their doctor. They shouldn't just ignore it," he says, "Nor should their doctor ignore it." He says health care providers generally dismiss sleep complaints from older adults as a normal part of aging.你睡得有多好？人们普遍认为睡眠质量随着年龄的增长而变差。但在另一新研究中，报告睡眠质量问题最少的是八十多岁的人们。
研究人员对15万余美国成年人进行了电话调查。宾夕法尼亚大学医学院的迈克·格兰德纳表示，调查的最初目标是证明年龄增长与睡眠问题增多有关.
这个调查发现的确如此，且中年女性的睡眠问题比男性的更糟. 但除此之外，人们报告他们的睡眠质量随着他们年龄的增长而改善了。至少他们感觉是那样。
格兰德纳先生说：“即使实际上老年美国人的睡眠质量比青年人的差, 他们仍感觉是随年龄而改善。”
这一发现被刊登在期刊《睡眠》上。在这项研究中，健康问题和抑郁被认为与和睡眠不佳有关。并且据报导，与男性相比，女性睡眠障碍和疲劳现象更为严重。
但根据这一研究，格兰德纳先生认为，没有疾病或抑郁症的老年人应该拥有更好的睡眠。＂如果没有，他们应该和他们的医生谈谈，不能只是忽略它。”他说，“他们的医生也不应该忽视。”他说医疗服务人员通常将老年人关于睡眠的抱怨当作是衰老的正常部分而不多做考虑。