Studies connect lack of sleep to accidents

A National Sleep Foundation (NSF) poll, researchers found that more than two out of every three children ages 10 and under have experienced some type of sleep problem.

Sleeping Disorders come in many types and kinds, various of studies have also been conducted about such too but sleeping disorders are still common and are still uncontrollable.

In a 1988 study on the connection between sleep (or lack of it) and manmade catastrophes, a committee of researchers concluded that, in the examples cited below, “[i]t cannot be proved that the human responses and errors occurring in all or most of these incidents and accidents resulted from lowered alertness, inattention, or delayed reaction due to active, sleep-related processes. Yet, it appears to be more than coincidental that the serious accidents were made worse by inadequate human response at a time when other data reflect a diminished capacity to function effectively despite one’s belief and best intentions. ... Sleep and sleep-related factors appear to be involved in widely disparate types of disasters.”

Since sleeping disorders don’t shooed anyone as it’s victim, studies suggest that each and everyone suffering responds differently which made the disorders even harder.

There's a price to pay for sleep problems in children. In a revealing study at Northwestern University Medical Center, scientists followed the sleep patterns of 510 kids between 2 and 5 years old. The study showed that less sleep at night means more behavioral problems during the day.

Other studies have linked poor sleep in children with bad grades in classes such as math, reading, and writing. In addition, some studies show that sleep disturbed children have more depressive symptoms and anxiety disorders.


As different people experience these, their responses vary as to what they are experiencing, what they are thinking, and most of the time as to how old they are.