Since December last year, 38-year-old Ms. He in Changsha has felt stressed because of family chores and problems with children, difficult to fall asleep, shallow sleep, easy to wake up early, resulting in poor energy, poor mood, poor work, and more serious sleep problems, and recently she had to be admitted to Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital for treatment.
On March 18, the Chinese Sleep Research Association released the "2022 China Healthy Sleep Survey White Paper", which showed that 72.7% of women had sleep problems, and the rate of women's health affected when they slept well was generally higher than that of men, and they were more likely to have endocrine disorders, emotional instability, and haggardness. Women who don't sleep well in the 36-45 age group also have endocrine disorders in 72% and are more likely to enter menopause early.
On March 21, the twentieth World Sleep Day in the world, Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital (Hunan Second People's Hospital) carried out the theme education activity of "Good Sleep, Healthy Peers", and the medical staff of the Department of Sleep Disorders and Neuroses led patients with insomnia symptoms during hospitalization to carry out mindfulness treatment, baduanjin, happy sleep exercises and other activities, advocating that the whole society attach importance to sleep problems and improve sleep quality.
It is understood that The Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital (The Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province) for 18599 people in 2021 1-90 years old sleep disorder outpatient visits, 1 year as an age group analysis found that sleep problems increase with the increase of age groups, of which 51-60 age groups 4114 times reached the peak, accounting for 22.12% of the total outpatient visits; in all age groups, outpatient women accounted for more than men, with 51-60 age groups as the most, of which 2735 women, accounting for 66.49%, Nearly doubled the number of males; it declined slowly after the age of 6, with 2574 visits at the age of 60-70, accounting for 13.84%.
"Most of women's life processes are plagued by sleep problems", Chen Jinhong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Sleep Disorders and Neurology of Hunan Brain Hospital, introduced that changes in women's physiological hormones and more susceptible stress, anxiety and depression are easy to cause sleep problems.
Zeng Xianxiang, director of the Department of Sleep Disorders and Neurology, introduced that long-term low-quality sleep is associated with the occurrence and development of many diseases, such as low immunity, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, mood disorders and cognitive dysfunction, and even increases the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and suicidal behavior.
There is a significant correlation between anxiety and depression and sleep, sleep disorders themselves are also typical symptoms of anxiety and depression, for women with sleep disorders, it is necessary to avoid a vicious circle of interaction between poor sleep conditions and bad emotions. On the day of the event, the medical staff of the Department of Sleep Disorders and Neurology led the patients in the department to carry out activities such as mindfulness and baduanjin to better help insomnia patients improve their mood, assist in treatment and promote sleep.
Liu Xuejun, vice president of Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital, said that women are important roles in work, life and family, and there is less attention paid to women's sleep health in the current society, while women are more likely to be troubled by sleep problems because of physiological and psychological reasons, hoping to use activities to call on the whole society to pay attention to women's sleep problems and pass on the care and friendliness of women.
Healthy Sleep Tips:
1. Reduce the time spent lying in bed: Sleep more and shallow, it is not as good as sleeping less and really, so if you have sleep troubles, do not stay in bed for too long.
2. Bed is a place to sleep: please avoid reading, working, reading books, newspapers and magazines, smoking or watching TV in bed, sleep needs to cultivate atmosphere, so do not engage in brain-intensive activities in the two or three hours before going to bed, or remember the tedious work during the day. Computers, mobile phones, games, etc. may delay or interfere with sleep, and try to avoid using mobile phones, computers, games, etc. 1 hour before falling asleep.
3. Don't put too much thought into sleep: Give up the idea that "once you don't sleep well today, tomorrow will be darker".
4. Avoid full meals before going to bed, reduce the intake of excitatory substances (tea, coffee, etc.) during the day, especially avoid drinking coffee, alcohol or smoking in the afternoon or evening, which will cause central nervous system excitement and make it more difficult to fall asleep.
5. Timely exercise or hot bath: insomnia patients exercise for twenty minutes in five to six hours before going to bed, or soak in hot water for thirty minutes before going to bed, which helps to prolong the time of deep sleep, cover the quilt when falling asleep, and maintain the body temperature when sleeping can also help good sleep.
Xiaoxiang Morning Post reporter Xia Sheng correspondent Cheng Jie