{"id":194,"date":"2017-10-17T18:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2018-03-29T17:21:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:21:49","slug":"worst-jobs-sleep-apnea-sandy-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/17\/worst-jobs-sleep-apnea-sandy-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are the Worst Jobs for Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Sleep\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve all been there. You start to feel a little drowsy at work, you figure the day must be winding down, so you look at the clock and\u2026 it\u2019s only 1:30PM<\/em>. Have you ever thought about why <\/em>you and so many others are tired at work so often? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently completed a study<\/a> to answer this question by looking at which jobs suffer the most from sleep deprivation.\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation<\/h2>\r\nThe CDC considers seven or more hours of sleep to be sufficient, and anything less is considered a \u201cshort sleep duration.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhy does this matter? Because people who regularly don\u2019t get enough sleep tend to be at a higher risk of developing many serious health issues, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer\u2019s, and even dementia. A lack of sleep can even make the commute to work more dangerous, as studies have shown that sleepy drivers are three times more likely to get into an accident.\r\n\r\nThese health concerns are especially harrowing when you consider that 36.5 percent of people in the study reported a short sleep duration. This statistic is consistent with what the CDC has found to be true<\/a> about the rest of the country:\u00a0that one in three American adults report getting less than seven hours of sleep per night.\r\n

What the Study Found<\/h2>\r\nAmong the 22 major occupation groups, the highest prevalence of short sleep duration were among workers in the following 5 groups:\r\n