Monday, June 22, 2009
A survey conducted in five countries around the globe found 40 percent of those questioned blame the state of the world economy as the reason for their lack of sleep. The Royal Philips Electronics survey showed the majority of respondents (61 percent) said their work was impacted negatively by lack of sleep, at an average of 6.2 days a year. Additional survey findings showed:
- The average manager is sleeping 19 percent less than the recommended eight hours a night.
- Americans are more likely than other nationalities to lose sleep through workplace stress, with 30 percent citing it as the reason they wake up during the night.
- The average amount of time it takes Americans to fall asleep — 26 minutes — is more than that of any other country surveyed.
- American men lead the world in snoring, with 29 percent snoring every night.
The study surveyed 2,500 managers equally split across the UK, Germany, United States, Japan and The Netherlands.