Showing posts with label Sleep Needs Appropriate Age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sleep Needs Appropriate Age. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Sleep Needs Appropriate Age

Sleep is a basic need of every person . Adequate sleep is expected to maintain stamina and health. For children , sleep adequacy is expected to support growth and maintain concentration while in school . That's why everyone has to meet the needs of sleep duration adjusted for age .

Sleep patterns of people who lived mostly is monophasic , ie sleep patterns for a couple of hours in a given time . However, most people ignore this pattern and have a polyphasic sleep habits or sleep patterns like a cat ( catnaps ) . The habit of sleeping where and when it's affecting the pattern of daily life .

National Sleep Foundation , a nonprofit organization that focuses on the needs of sleep , issued a list of how much sleep a person needs based on age . Sleep needs are met on the advice of the community will result in a better society . Here's the list :

* Adults aged 18 and over : 7-9 hours
* Youth 11-17 years : 8.5-9.5 hours
* School-age children 5-10 years : 10-11 hours
* Preschoolers 3-5 years : 11-13 hours
* Toddlers 1-3 years : 12-14 hours
* Infants 3-11 months : 14-15 hours
* Newborns 0-2 months : 12-18 hours