Survey: Americans’ sleep impacted by bad habits, events in news

Poor sleep hygiene habits and worries about current events are negatively impacting Americans’ sleep quality, according to the latest survey from U.S. News & World Report.

A third-party platform, Pollfish, conducted a national survey in June of a representative sample of 2,001 United States citizens regarding their sleep routines and habits, sleep quality and which sleep aid products they use. According to the report, while 72% of Americans said they follow a bedtime routine, just 36% reported rarely or never waking up rested.

Among the other information the survey uncovered, 21% of Americans rely on natural supplements to help them fall asleep, while 47% of those polled said their partner’s snoring has led them to have sleep troubles. Additionally, 29% of survey participants said they use devices with screens while falling asleep, and 32% of respondents revealed they let their dog or cat sleep in bed with them.

“It’s clear that some factors contributing to poor sleep quality among Americans include eating too much before bed (33%), falling asleep with the TV on (33%), and worrying (27%) about gun violence in the U.S.,” Haniya Rae, sleep feature editor for U.S. News 360 Reviews, said in a release that accompanied the report.

Per the survey, nearly a third of Americans (28%) stated they would give up seeing friends for one month in exchange for perfect sleep, and 18% of those who took the survey said they would give up their cell phone for a month in exchange for perfect sleep.

Reference:

Black L. U.S. News & World Report Sleep Quality Survey 2022. https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/sleep/americans-sleep-quality-habits-survey. Posted Aug. 9, 2022. Accessed Aug. 10, 2022.