Extensive research indicates that alcohol impacts sleep sleep latency decreases yet the price is paid in sleep fragmentation disturbed sleep architecture and increased WASO causing overall poor ID: 827581
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INTRODUCTIONExtensiveresearchindicate
INTRODUCTIONExtensiveresearchindicatesthatalcoholimpactssleep:sleeplatencydecreases,yetthepriceispaidinsleepfragmentation,disturbedsleeparchitecture,andincreasedWASO,causingoverallpoorsleepquality.Poorsleepisinturnlinkedtoincreasedmorbidity,moodinstability,decreasedperformance,cognitiveandmemoryproblems.Evaluatingtheinfluencelifestyleingeneral,andalcoholintakeinparticular,haveonsleep,isfacilitatedbytheuniversalavailabilityofmobiletechnology.METHODSWestudied19,327nightsrecordedwiththeSleepRateapplicationby6,979differentusersduringtheperiodSeptember-October2017.Thenightrecordingsincluded,besidesadigitizedreal-timesleepdiary,informationregardingthequantityandtimingofalcoholicbeveragesconsumedduringthatday.Uponwakingup,theusersreportedseveralparameters:Wake-uptimeTimeittookthemtofallasleep(SO)Timespentawakeafterfallingasleep(WASO)Perceivedsleepsatisfaction(SS),onascaleof1-10.Sleepefficiency(SE)wascalculatedbasedonthereportedSOandWASO.Therecordednightsweredividedintotwogroups:nightsforwhichtheusersreportednoalcoholconsumption(âNoAlcoholâgroup,N=17,502),andnightsforwhichtheusersreportedhavingoneormorealcoholicbeverages(âAlcoholâgroup,N=1,825)beforebedtime.Thetwogroupswerecomparedusingunpairedt-testwithp0.05asthecriterionforstatisticalsignificance.RESULTSAverageSOwassignificantlyshorterfortheâAlcoholâgroup(17.6±0.4minutes,mean±SEM)comparedtothatoftheâNoAlcoholâgroup(18.8±0.1minutes).Nevertheless,âNoAlcoholânightshadshorterWASO(8.9±0.1minutes),betterSE(94±0.04%)andhigherSS(56.2±0.2),comparedtothoseoftheâAlcoholâgroup(12.7±0.4,93.5±0.4%,54.3±0.5,respectively).CONCLUSIONOurgoalwastoevaluatetheeffectalcoholhasonperceivedsleepquality,onalargepopulationinthecomfortoftheirhomes.Asexpected,whilealcoholwasrelatedwithshortersleeplatencies,thesubjectivesleepqualityandsleepefficiencydecreasedsignificantly.Altman, Y.1,Eyal, S.1,Baharav, A.1,21HypnoCore, PetachTikva, ISRAEL, 2Wingate Institute, Netanya, ISRAEL. BOOZE MAKES YOU LOSE SNOOZE: THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON PERCEIVED SLEEP QUALITY05101520No AlcoholAlcoholminutesSleep Onset*051015No AlcoholAlcoholminutesWASO**0102030405060No AlcoholAlcoholSleep Satisfaction**020406080100No AlcoholAlcohol%Sleep Efficiency****p0.0005*p0.05