Who hasn’t experienced a night punctuated by loud breathing, snoring, or restless movements when sleeping with their partner at night? According to a 2017 study by the National Institute of Sleep and Vigilance, sleeping together could have negative repercussions on sleep quality.
A new study of 12 young couples
This German-Danish study published in the journal “Frontiers in Psychiatry” asserts that couples who sleep together showed less disturbed eye movements than when they were alone in a large bed. They have better quality REM sleep. REM sleep is the phase of the sleep cycle where we dream and is restorative and plays a role in the maturation of the nervous system, therefore “improves mental health, memory and creative problem-solving ability,” says one of the authors of this study. To confirm this conclusion, the research team will conduct the same experiment on a diverse sample, including for example older people or those suffering from a disease.
A 2017 Belgian study tells us that 82% of Belgians sleep less than the recommended 7.5 hours per night, that 23% therefore feel always tired when they get out of bed and that 55% wake up at night at least once a week and 18% every night. It remains to be seen whether these figures can be improved by sleeping as a couple….
Sleeping well at night
Sleep disorders are not inevitable. Often, it is enough to follow a few rules to rediscover the pleasure of a good night’s sleep.
