In fact, two - three cups of coffee six hours before bed are enough to significantly
reduce total sleep time by more than an hour, without the study participants even being consciously aware of the disturbance in their sleep.
These effects will
reduce your total sleep time.
One study found that consuming caffeine 6 hours before bedtime
reduced total sleep time by 1 hour.
Additionally, another study found that consuming caffeine within 6 hours of bedtime
reduces your total sleep time by one hour [3].
Not exact matches
The
total sleep time of the baby will further
reduce during this period.
According to the study, more parental monitoring led to less
total screen
time for kids and
reduced exposure to media violence, which in turn led to benefits such as improved
sleep, lower BMI, better school performance, improved social behavior, and
reduced aggression.
An analysis of studies financed by the National Institutes of Health found that
sleeping pills like Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata
reduced the average
time to go to
sleep by just under 13 minutes compared with fake pills, while increasing
total sleep time by just over 11 minutes — but, the participants believed they had
slept longer, by up to one hour, when taking the pills.
An analysis of studies financed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that
sleeping pills like Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata
reduced the average
time it takes you to go to
sleep by just under 13 minutes compared with placebo, and increasing
total sleep time by just over 11 minutes.
Based on these findings, we recommend an integrated use of the iRest ® meditation and Dreampad Pillow ® interventions to increase
total sleep time and
reduce nighttime awakenings.
• Another recent trial of 54 adults with chronic insomnia found that both mindfulness - based stress therapy and mindfulness - based treatment for insomnia led to significant
sleep gains, including reductions in
total wake
times,
reducing insomnia severity, and lowering pre-
sleep arousal levels.