A survey by Century Mattress and Neilson on sleep patterns in 10 cities shows 53 per cent people sleep late due to either watching shows on TV, laptop, tablets and phones or browsing the social media feed on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Work or finance related issues are also a significant deterrent in keeping 18 per cent people awake in the night. Only 20 per cent sleep before 10 pm on weekdays and 5 per cent on weekends in the 10 cities it surveyed.
The Survey--In Search of Better Sleep is based on a sample size of 1,524 people across 10 cities in the country.
About 54 per cent people said on weekdays they sleep between 10 pm – 11pm whereas on weekends only 25 per cent are able to sleep between this time.
Most (43 per cent) wake up between 5-6 am on weekdays whereas during weekends 31 per cent wake up between 7-8 AM.
And, 68 per cent people said at least 1-2 times they wake up during their sleep. Long travel durations, work load and fewer hours of sleep makes, at least 37 per cent people sleepy between 1-3 days in a week whereas 10 per cent feel sleepy every day on their way to or way back from work.
Those surveyed expressed their quality of sleep can be improved by regular sleeping hours, better quality mattress and avoiding gadgets before sleep.
Uttam Malani, Executive Director – Century Mattresses said, “Through this survey we intended to bring to everyone’s notice that how gradually each one of us is getting impacted by the new age lifestyle which is depriving us from a quality sleep.”