- More than TWO-THIRDS of students experience problems with excessive drowsiness.
- 20% of college students pull “all-nighters” at least once a month.
- Each additional day per week a college student experiences sleep problems raises the probability of dropping a course by 10% and lowers the cumulative GPA by .02.
- 85% of U.S. college students with sleep problems have not received help from their university health services.
Sleep
Basic Information
- Our body regulates sleep just like it does eating, drinking, and breathing.
- We spend nearly 2/3 of our whole lives sleeping.
- Sleep is used for recovering from the day’s activities and boosting our immune systems.
- Good sleep improves concentration, productivity, and problem-solving skills.
- Irritability
- Drowsy or depressed moods
- Fatigue
- Cravings for unhealthy food
- Trouble decision making or problem solving
- Misreading social cues from others
- Increased risk of accidents
Sleep Hygiene
Sleep hygiene is a variety of different practices and habits that are necessary to have good nighttime sleep quality and full daytime alertness.
- Dim your lights at least 30 minutes before going to bed.
- Sleep with your room temperature around 67 degrees.
- Put phone away to avoid blue light or turn blue light off on phone settings.
- Take a shower or bath before bed.
- Use items like a sleep mask, ear plugs, blackout curtains, and a book-light.
- Eating in your bed.
- Studying in your bed.
- Looking at phone with blue light on before going to sleep.
- Drinking caffeine after 12:00 PM.
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Sleep Statistics
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Resources
of Auburn students reported sleepiness as a factor of lower academic performance in 2018.
of Auburn Students reported experiencing daytime sleepiness more days than not during an average week.
of Auburn students reported a moderate or significant life problem due to sleepiness in the past week.
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