Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds

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Sleep that is extremely disrupted or that goes on too long could mean a loss of nine months from working life after the age of 50, a study has found. It also found that women with no sleep disturbances had a longer working life from 50 to 68 than their male equivalents. Compared with participants who had no sleep disturbances, those with moderate sleep disturbances could expect to work nearly five fewer months within that age range and those with severe sleep disturbances eight fewer months, regardless of gender or job type. The research, conducted by a team at the University of Turku in Finland, used data from the Finnish…

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