Older Women May Sleep Better Than Men
Men and women are vastly different. They mature different and they age differently. Turns out that they also sleep differently. Older women sleep longer and better than older men.
A study of 956 people from age 59 to 79, finds that women reported less and poorer sleep than men on all of the self-reported measures, including a 13.2 minute shorter total sleep time, 10.1 minute longer sleep onset latency, and a 4.2 percent lower sleep efficiency.
Interestingly, when the researchers recorded actual sleep data, they found that women slept an average 16 minutes longer than men and had a 1.2 percent higher sleep efficiency, with less fragmented sleep. So women think they are sleeping poorer, but they are actually sleeping better.
Last Updated on October 1st, 2009
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