Good sleep is not a matter of course. In particular, professionals who have irregular working hours or work in shifts know problem of not getting into peace. A survey on behalf of technician Health insurance Company (TK) now shows: with 40 percent, percentage of bad sleepers in this group is above average. According to study, people with flexible working hours now make up 30 percent of employees in Germany. Therefore, half of m sleep for a maximum of five hours per night.

Also, among total number of respondents, including those with fixed working rhythms, each third sleeps mediocre, bad or very bad. 24 percent of respondents do not come to sleep six hours per night. One of main reasons: stress. Three out of ten respondents regularly bring ir professional and private problems to sleep.

Money worries, noise, bad dreams

One in ten respondents is worried about money at night. The lower income, more often thought of it disturbs night's sleep. Of those who have monthly up to 3,000 euros in net household income, around 15 percent are aware of money worries that y are pursuing until night. Those who have more than 3,000 euros a month are less than five percent.

For ir investigation TK has had about 1,000 adults aged 18 and over in Germany. The job did not emerge as only factor that impaired sleep. Street noise, snoring bed neighbors, bad dreams and health problems such as a weak bladder or medications can disturb sleep rhythm.

Lack of sleep can not only increase risk of accidents and error rate in job. Those who sleep poorly, according to study, are also significantly more often affected by health problems. 54 percent suffer from muscle tension and back pain. Among people who sleep well, it is only 35 percent. Those who sleep poorly, feel more than twice as often exhausted (44 to 21 percent), irritated (33 to nine percent) and depressed (21 to six percent).

To work against internal clock, energy costs

In course of advancing digitisation and growing international markets, world of work and demands on employees are increasingly changing. The inner clock of man and his need for sleep are increasingly getting into background.

"Anyone who has to work at night – and that affects about every fifth shift worker – is cross with his natural biorhythm," says Utz Niklas Walter of Institute for Occupational Health Consulting (IFBG). To work against internal clock, extra energy and negatively affect quality of sleep. According to study, 42 percent of shift workers have difficulty sleeping when ir shift plan changes.

Studies have shown that employees are subject to different demands in same activity at various times. "The early shift is 100 percent energy use, late shift at 113 and night shift at 156 percent," says Walter.

What can be remedial is sufficient rest time for employees. At same time, each individual can help a little with small adjustments in lifestyle.

41 percent of respondents, for example, indicated that y could not sleep well when it was too hot or too cold in room. 23 percent often noticed before sleeping that last meal was too heavy – 15 percent said that last caffeine-containing drink did not ago long enough and made it difficult to fall asleep. Every tenth also disturbs smartphone on bedside table or under pillow. Among respondents under 30 even every fifth. Sports in evening also had a negative effect on some of m falling asleep.

Date Of Update: 16 November 2017, 12:03