Nearly one-third of U.S. women report that they don’t feel rested at all after sleep –

Women are 50% more likely than men to report that they still feel tired when they wake up each morning, according to a new study.

Researchers from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) found that a third of women report never feeling well when they wake up, compared to about 20 percent of men.

Menstruation, worries about their children, and even restless spouses are all responsible for increasing women’s chances of sleeping poorly.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average person is recommended to get at least seven hours of sleep each night. But a third of Americans don’t get even that much.

More than 2,000 Americans, half of them women, were interviewed by US experts about how they felt during the week after sleep (archive photo)

In the study, led by the research organization American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 2,000 participants, half of whom were women, answered questions about sleep quality.

When asked “How often do you wake up rested”, they were given five options from “never” to “always” to rate their sleep.

Overall, 326—or 32 percent—of female respondents said they wake up rarely, or even at all, rested.

But only 21 percent, or 207, of men responded similarly, a drop of more than 50 percent.

By comparison, 292 women (29%) reported waking up well-rested.

Among men, however, the rate was two-fifths (417 respondents, 42 percent).

There are several theories as to why women have as much trouble sleeping as men.

However, an expert from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas who was not involved in the study says it’s likely related to menstruation.

Dr. Sara Nowakowski, a sleep researcher at the school in Waco, Texas, first warned that this could cause sleep problems.

Before a woman begins to menstruate, her levels of progesterone, an important hormone involved in the cycle, drop rapidly.

He said it can be caused by symptoms such as swelling, breast tenderness and muscle aches that keep a person awake at night, or by mood swings that make a woman feel depressed, angry or irritable.

“The worst time for sleep and mood is the four or five days before your period, during the first two days of your period,” Nowakowski says. Said.

Other experts point out that some mothers stay awake at night even when their babies are asleep, suggesting it may be related to concerns about babies.

Dr. Michelle Drerup, sleep psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center, previously shared on CNN: ‘They have mommy ears’ – they still don’t sleep that well because they’re used to responding to their babies.’

The expert also said that a person may be responsible for nighttime struggles, especially if they are snoring, trembling or sleepwalking.

“This means that in most cases one person is happily confused while the other is alert and irritable,” he said.

Dr. AASM’s Seema Khosla told CNN: “Some women feel an incredible amount of pressure: the need to work, manage the family and raise children, all with a smile.

“Sometimes we need to remove our superhero capes. We need to get back to the pillars of health: food, exercise and sleep.