Sleep analysis
What: To complete this assignment, you should track your typical sleep patterns for one week. Document in the table below the time you went to bed, the time you awoke, how many times you woke up in the night, how refreshed you felt in the morning, and an overall rating of how prepared you felt during the day. After one week, please write a brief (350-500 words) analysis of your sleep pattern. Are you sleeping enough? (Human sleep requirements are 7-8 hours per night). If not, what do you think interferes with your sleep? Name 3-4 steps to improve your sleep. If you are happy with your sleep, what are some of the things that you do to sustain good sleep habits?
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Day of week |
Time to bed/sleep |
Time awake |
Times up in night |
Refreshed in am 1 = still sleepy through 5 = highly refreshed |
Prepared for day 1= not prepared, groggy 5= Energized, highly prepared |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Purpose: Sleep is critical for good health as well as for effective stress management. One clear stress pathway from sleep deprivation is a rise in the stress hormone cortisol; when you do not sleep enough, levels of cortisol remain high in your body during the night instead of dropping. Cortisol levels then stay higher than normal during the day because the lack of sleep is an added physical stress to your body.
