Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, New York, NY 10595, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 29;19(17):10740. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710740.
When one considers the big picture of their health, sufficient sleep may often go overlooked as a keystone element in this picture. Insufficient sleep in either quality or duration is a growing problem for our modern society. It is essential to look at what this means for our health because insufficient sleep increases our risks of innumerable lifechanging diseases. Beyond increasing the risk of developing these diseases, it also makes the symptoms and pathogenesis of many diseases worse. Additionally, consistent quality sleep can not only improve our physical health but has also been shown to improve mental health and overall quality of life. Substandard sleep health could be a root cause for numerous issues individuals may be facing in their lives. It is essential that physicians take the time to learn about how to educate their patients on sleep health and try to work with them on an individual level to help motivate lifestyle changes. Facilitating access to sleep education for their patients is one way in which physicians can help provide patients with the tools to improve their sleep health. Throughout this paper, we will review the mechanisms behind the relationship between insufficient sleep health and chronic disease and what the science says about how inadequate sleep health negatively impacts the overall health and the quality of our lives. We will also explain the lifechanging effects of sufficient sleep and how we can help patients get there.
当人们考虑到健康的全貌时，充足的睡眠往往会被忽视，成为这一图景中的一个关键因素。无论是在质量还是在时长方面，睡眠不足都是我们现代社会面临的一个日益严重的问题。因此，我们必须了解这对我们健康的意味着什么，因为睡眠不足会增加我们患上无数改变生活的疾病的风险。睡眠不足不仅会增加患上这些疾病的风险，还会使许多疾病的症状和发病机制恶化。此外，有规律的高质量睡眠不仅可以改善我们的身体健康，而且还可以改善心理健康和整体生活质量。睡眠健康不佳可能是个人在生活中面临众多问题的根本原因。医生必须抽出时间来了解如何教育患者有关睡眠健康的知识，并尝试在个人层面上与他们合作，帮助他们改变生活方式。为患者提供获取睡眠教育的机会是医生可以帮助患者改善睡眠健康的一种方式。在本文中，我们将回顾睡眠不足与慢性疾病之间关系的背后机制，以及关于睡眠不足如何对整体健康和生活质量产生负面影响的科学依据。我们还将解释充足睡眠的改变生活的影响，以及我们如何帮助患者实现这一目标。
