Despite gaining an hour in bed when the clocks change on Sunday, researchers found that clock change triggers an increase in sleep disorders among over 45s.
Millions of older people will suffer disrupted sleep when the clocks go back this weekend, according to a study.
But there was no such association when an hour is lost when the clocks go forward from standard time to daylight saving time at the start of summer. Researchers also found a small difference in the amount of sleep people get depending on the season. The study involved more than 30,000 people, ages 45 to 85, who completed a questionnaire about sleep duration and satisfaction, ability to fall asleep, ability to remain asleep and excessive sleepiness during the day.
Questions included, “Over the last month, how often did it take you more than 30 minutes to fall asleep?” and “Over the last month, how often did you wake in the middle of the night or too early in the morning and found it difficult to fall asleep again?” Participants who completed the questionnaire one week after were also twice as likely to have difficulty falling asleep, a 64 per cent increased risk of difficulty remaining asleep, and double the risk of excessive sleepiness during waking hours.
Top Health Stories Today People who completed the questionnaire in summer had the shortest sleep duration, an average of 6.76 hours of sleep daily. Participants who completed the survey in the winter had the longest sleep duration, an average of 6.84 hours of sleep daily, a difference of five minutes.
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