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Study Shows How the COVID-19 Lockdown Impacted America's Ability to Sleep

Sleep Standards, an organization dedicated to helping Americans sleep better, releases results of a study that shows how the COVID-19 lockdown impacted our snooze time.

Stacey Soble
Stacey SobleDirector of Brand Content Strategy
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June 12, 2020
Study Shows How the COVID-19 Lockdown Impacted America's Ability to Sleep

 

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Sleep Standards, an organization that inspires better sleep by providing research-based sleep health advice, recently surveyed 1,015 Americans on how their sleep  habits have changed compared to before the lockdown from coronavirus.

Here are some interesting results from their survey:

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  • 98% of Americans develop new sleep problems post lockdown.

  • 53% of Americans spend less time for sleep than before the pandemic.

  • 67% of Americans believe their sleep was healthier before the beginning of lockdown.

  • 68% of Americans feel stress or find it hard to sleep, even after the lockdown

  • Younger generation, like Gen Z and Millennials, go to bed later than any other generation after quarantine.

Interested in more? Access their study. 


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