{"id":4087,"date":"2015-11-06T10:45:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2015-11-05T00:05:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T07:05:49","slug":"sleep-deprivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/2015\/11\/06\/sleep-deprivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep deprivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleep deprivation is defined as the condition of not having enough sleep. It\u2019s pretty simple to understand: if you don\u2019t get enough sleep, you\u2019ll be sleep deprived. But what are some of the consequences of being sleep deprived and how can a person enhance their quality of sleep to prevent sleep deprivation? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleep deprivation causes a decrease in alertness and performance with only a lack of one and a half hours of sleep. This decreased alertness can impair your memory and cognitive abilities, which can heavily affect university students who are attending class when they\u2019re sleep deprived. It can also create a poor quality of life. A sleep-deprived person may not be capable to participate in certain activities that involve sustained attention, such as reading their favorite book or going to the movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being sleep deprived can potentially lead to a lot of health problems, including heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, irregular heart beat, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes. Losing sleep can also cause a person to gain weight because it not only stimulates appetite, but it also stimulates a craving for high-fat, high-carbohydrate foods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another very negative consequence of sleep deprivation is an increased likelihood of automobile injury. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drowsy driving is the cause for at least 100,000 automobile accidents, 71,000 injuries, and 1,550 fatalities. Please don\u2019t drive when you\u2019re drowsy and sleep deprived, it\u2019s very dangerous to yourself and the people around you as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what causes sleep deprivation then? It can be caused by a number of things, such as using your smartphone at night, eating snacks before bed, sleeping in, your room being too hot or too cold, or even an unsupportive mattress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some simple ways to prevent sleep deprivation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t use an electronic device 60-90 minutes before going to sleep<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charge your smartphone in a room other than where you sleep, to prevent you from checking it while you\u2019re falling asleep<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re going to have a midnight snack, don\u2019t have something with a lot of empty carbohydrates and instead have a healthy carbohydrate combined with protein (such as peanut butter on a cracker or a banana with some yogurt)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have a consistent bed time and wake time, to keep your body on a regular sleep-wake cycle <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure your room is at a comfortable temperature before going to bed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid napping during the day, but if you do nap, don\u2019t nap for more than 25 minutes at a time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t do heavy exercise late at night, as this will stimulate your body to stay awake (stick with working out in the morning or afternoon)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College students need as much sleep as they can get so they can be as attentive and alert as possible during their classes. So if you\u2019re having issues with sleep deprivation, I highly recommend using some of these tactics to help you sleep better and get into a regular, healthy sleep schedule. It will be very beneficial to maintain a regular sleep schedule with the proper amount of sleep each night (at least 8 hours) to help you be successful at university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Shelby Rogers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep deprivation is defined as the condition of not having enough sleep. It\u2019s pretty simple to understand: if you don\u2019t get enough sleep, you\u2019ll be sleep deprived. But what are some of the consequences of being sleep deprived and how can a person enhance their quality of sleep to prevent sleep deprivation? Sleep deprivation causes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29913,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4089,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions\/4089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcmhac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}