Doctors press for more shut-eye on World Sleep Day
CBC News Posted: Mar 18, 2011 3:14 PM ET
Both adults and children are struggling to cope with "an epidemic" of sleep disorders, an international group of doctors said Friday.Sleep problems — including insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and sleep deprivation in general — affect up to 45 per cent of the world’s population, the World Association of Sleep Medicine said in a report released to mark the organization's 2011 World Sleep Day.
A majority of Canadians are among the sleep-deprived, the report said.
It said 60 per cent of Canadian adults feel tired most of the time and get, on average, 6.9 hours of sleep a night, although experts recommend eight hours. Canadian research indicates 30 per cent of adults get fewer than six hours a night.
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