Apprehension of the subsequent working day is associated with a low amount of slow wave sleep.

Biol Psychol

National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine-IPM, Karolinska Institutet, Box 230, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.

Published: April 2004

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  • Stress is a common cause of short-term insomnia and is linked to reduced slow wave sleep (SWS), although this has not been extensively studied through polysomnography.
  • The study investigated how anxiety about the upcoming workday affects sleep quality and sleep patterns, using data from 37 participants.
  • Results showed that fear of a challenging day correlates with less SWS, more time in stage 2 sleep, increased anxiety at bedtime, and poorer subjective sleep quality, suggesting that even moderate daily stress can impair restorative sleep.

Article Abstract

Stress is probably the most frequent cause of short-term insomnia, although it has seldom been documented polysomnographically. A few studies have shown that apprehension is associated with a reduction of slow wave sleep (SWS). The aim of the present study was to examine whether apprehension of the next working day would be related to sleep polysomnography and subjective sleep quality. In this analysis we made use of two different studies (n = 37, mean age: 37 years) that provided inter-individual variation in apprehension of the subsequent working day. The results confirm previous findings that apprehension of a difficult next day is associated with decreased amount of SWS, increased percentage of stage 2 sleep, bedtime state anxiety and subjectively poor sleep. It is concluded that moderate "everyday" stress may disturb physiological restoration as indicated by the reduction of SWS.

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