Loneliness May Disrupt Sleep
Nov-04-2011

A new study shows that people who feel lonely are more likely to wake up during the night and have fragmented sleep. Study results may help explain why loneliness is associated with ill health effects.
"Loneliness," says Lianne Kurina, PhD, "has been associated with adverse effects on health. We wanted to explore one potential pathway for this." Kurina is an assistant professor in the department of health studies at the University of Chicago.
In a news release from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Kurina says that sleep is a key behavior for staying healthy. So researchers wanted to explore the effect feeling lonely could have on sleep.
What they found, Kurina says, is that loneliness does not appear to change how much sleep a person gets. It does, though, wake them more often during the night.

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