{"id":3773,"date":"2020-04-27T16:13:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettersleep.org\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:13:22","slug":"the-state-of-americas-sleep-covid-19-and-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersleep.org\/press-releases\/the-state-of-americas-sleep-covid-19-and-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of America&#8217;s Sleep: COVID-19 and Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALEXANDRIA, VA \u2013 April 27, 2020 \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettersleep.org\">Better Sleep Council<\/a> (BSC), the consumer education arm of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA), released its latest research findings from \u201cThe 2020 State of America\u2019s Sleep\u201d study. It revealed COVID-19\u2019s arrival caused America\u2019s quality of sleep to significantly decline.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/bettersleep.org\/research\/sleep-surveys\/survey-the-state-of-americas-sleep-and-covid-19\/\"><strong>report<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The BSC launched wave two of \u201cThe State of America\u2019s Sleep\u201d in January 2020, but then completed another round of research in March 2020, to compare sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u00a0Themes such as <strong>spikes in stress<\/strong>, <strong>health worries<\/strong> and <strong>economic concerns<\/strong> emerged from the study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stress Skyrockets<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>In January 2020, four in 10 (41%) Americans reported feeling stressed often or very often. As of March, over half Americans (53%) felt stressed about COVID-19 often or very often.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sleep Suffers<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>In January 2020, 54% of Americans were getting the minimum 7-8 hours of recommended sleep. As of March, fewer than half (49%) did.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, in January 2020, over four in 10 Americans described their sleep as poor or fair (43%). As of March, over half of the nation qualified their sleep as poor or fair (52%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Woes<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>About one-third of the nation felt good about the economy in January 2020 (38%) vs. less than 20% did as of March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of confidence in the stock market prevailed in the nation in March (56% of Americans disagree that they have confidence in the stock market vs. 39% in January 2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that COVID-19 negatively impacted Americans\u2019 health and the extreme two-month sleep shift is alarming,\u201d said Mary Helen Rogers, vice president of marketing and communications for the Better Sleep Council. \u201cHowever, if we take our findings and help Americans unwind and sleep better during this pandemic, we\u2019ll fulfill our role as the Guardians of America\u2019s Sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the BSC<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>The Better Sleep Council is the consumer-education arm of the International Sleep Products Association, the trade association for the mattress industry. With decades invested in improving sleep quality, the BSC educates consumers on the link between sleep and health, and the role of the sleep environment, primarily through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettersleep.org\">www.bettersleep.org<\/a>, partner support and consumer outreach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEXANDRIA, VA \u2013 April 27, 2020 \u2013 The Better Sleep Council (BSC), the consumer education arm of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA), released its latest research findings from \u201cThe 2020 State of America\u2019s Sleep\u201d study. It revealed COVID-19\u2019s arrival caused America\u2019s quality of sleep to significantly decline. Read the report. 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