A study reported by multiple outlets finds that people who say they feel older than their actual age tend to experience worse sleep and greater sleep-related effects. The findings indicate a relationship between subjective “felt age” and measures of physical health and sleep quality. Participants who reported feeling older consistently reported poorer physical health and more impairment linked to sleep. The research also describes sleep patterns that may accompany this feeling, including indications of insomnia symptoms and irregular sleep or wake patterns. Additional reported outcomes include daytime fatigue. While the articles summarize the association between felt age and sleep-related issues, they do not provide details on intervention or causation, focusing instead on the observed link between how old people say they feel and how their sleep and health behave. The outlets present the “one question” idea as a practical way to capture the self-reported feeling older, then compare it with sleep-related impairments and related symptoms.
Study links feeling older with poorer sleep and sleep-related impairment
A study reported by multiple outlets finds that people who say they feel older than their actual age tend to experience worse sleep and greater sleep-related effects. The findings indicate a relations...
- The study finds an association between feeling older than one’s actual age and poorer sleep outcomes.
- Participants who report feeling older also report poorer physical health.
- The research links felt older age with greater sleep-related impairment.
- The findings include connections with insomnia symptoms and daytime fatigue.
- Sleep irregularities and patterns are reported as part of the relationship with feeling older.
Participants who felt older consistently reported poorer physical health and greater sleep-related impairment
2 months agoResearch finds that feeling older than your actual age may be linked to poor sleep quality, insomnia symptoms, irregular patterns and daytime fatigue.
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