Getting up early is usually the worst part of the day, especially if sleep has been insufficient or not very refreshing. No matter the tone alarm for in the long run waking up from a deep sleep will be associated with an unpleasant experience. There are those who get up the first time and those who resort to multiple alarms to extend their sleep, but what does science say?
In the conclusions of the work, led by the Dra. Keiko Ogawait is explained that after collecting 293 valid answers from university students, the results showed that 70.5% of the participants used to use the snooze function of their mobile phones mainly for reduce anxiety about falling asleep. However, repeated use of the alarm clock increases sleep inertia and fatigue after waking up. “People with a lot of anxiety and worry take longer to fall asleep. In addition, sleep duration and latency are essential for the subjective feeling of good sleep,” the study states.
So while snooze alarms increase sleep inertia, they can be crucial in reducing oversleep anxiety and maintaining a good night’s sleep.
The study surveyed 450 adults in full-time wage employment. Participants completed daily surveys and a questionnaire. Data collected from the wearable devices measured sleep duration and heart rate. According to the study, heWomen had 50 percent more more likely to use multiple alarm clocks than men. In addition, they tended to walk less during the day and experienced more disturbances during sleeping hours.
Night owls dozed off more and were more tired overall
The work also considered the chronotype or synchronization of the circadian rhythms of each respondent as well as the time at which they went to bed and woke up. Night owls were found to sleep more and were more tired overall. “In the 9-to-5 world,” Mattingly said, “night owls are losing out.”
Demystify snooze alarms
“Part of the focus of this study was to demystify what happens with snooze alarms,” Striegel said. “Is it really worse than waking up to an alarm on the first ring? It is so different?
The recommendation against a snooze alarm is well founded, but from what we know from physiology and our data, waking up to one alarm or hitting the snooze button and waking up to two or three alarms doesn’t make much of a difference. If you need an alarm because you’re sleep deprived, that’s the problem.».
wake up naturally
When respondents woke up naturally, without the aid of an alarm, they slept more and consumed less caffeine.
“When we can sleep for as long as we want,” Mattingly said, “the body experiences a stress response just before waking up. That physiological response contributes to an individual feeling alert when he wakes up.”
interrupt the natural sleep cycles with an alarm can cause sleep inertia, feeling tired or groggy. “When you wake up from a REM sleep state,” Mattingly said, “your brain has come most of the way to being fully awake. The levels of hormones that circulate at that stage are going to be different than when you are in deep sleep.”
Waking up to an alarm is like a double whammybypassing the natural stress response needed to feel alert and waking you up with brain chemistry that’s out of whack.
sleep cycle
In the first awakenings are frequent and in it we are aware of what is happening around us.
In it stage 2 sleep becomes deeper and muscle tone is reduced. Eye movement stops and brain waves slow down.
When we got to the stage 3 it is when the rest really begins and if we woke up we would feel confused.
In the stage 4 It is the time of deepest sleep and when you rest both physically and mentally.
REM stage: is the one we dream about in the form of a story. At this time muscle tone does not exist.
As explained by the Sleep Institute, at this stage the brain waves are like when a person is awake, so the heart rate and pressure increase, as well as the movement of the eyes and at the same time, the muscles relax. paralyze. This is when we dream, and if they wake us up, we remember them.