DAYTIME drowsiness, mental health issues and even road accidents are all connected to sleep disorders, leading experts to examine workplace productivity losses which showed that one-in-five younger Australians are affected by sleep disorders, in particular insomnia.
The new Flinders University study used data from the Western Australian longitudinal Raine Study (Generation 2) cohort, which includes 554 workers aged 22 years, and found significant workplace productivity losses among young Australian adults, primarily caused by insomnia.
The new study showed that total workplace productivity loss was up to 40% greater among 22-year-olds with clinical sleep disorders compared to their peers with no sleep disorders.
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