Women 'have greater difficulty sleeping'
04/07/2008
Women have more sleep troubles than men, one writer asserts.
Making her comments through resource Alternet, reporter Gayle Green notes that juggling motherhood and a career can leave some women with little relaxation time, so they find it difficult to unwind when it is time to go to bed.
"They often don't have time to sleep and when they do they're so revved up that they've forgotten how," she adds.
Ms Green also notes that the surges in oestrogen that occur during menstruation affect sleep, making women more prone to unsatisfactory slumber.
She continues to say that when women reach the menopause they find their sleep difficulties "double", as sleep apnea becomes more common and hot flushes occur during the night for many women.
Despite, this, the writer claims that 75 per cent of sleep research is conducted on men and suggests that more needs to be done to address the sleep difficulties experienced by many females.
In related news, a Travelodge survey recently revealed that a number of workers, including estate agents, taxi drivers and bankers, are losing sleep because of concerns about their careers.
