CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

International Content:

Among teens, sleep deprivation is an epidemic. sleep deprivation increases the likelihood teens will
suffer myriad negative consequences, including an inability to concentrate, poor grades, drowsy-driving
incidents, anxiety, depression, thoughts of suicide and even suicide attempts.

October 8, 2015 - By Ruthann Richter

Sleep deprivation increases the likelihood teens will suffer myriad negative consequences, including an
inability to concentrate, poor grades, drowsy-driving incidents, anxiety, depression, thoughts of suicide
and even suicide attempts. It’s a problem that knows no economic boundaries. While studies show that
both adults and teens in industrialized nations are becoming more sleep deprived, the problem is most
acute among teens, said Nanci Yuan, MD, director of the Stanford Children’s Health Sleep Center. In a
detailed 2014 report, the American Academy of Pediatrics called the problem of tired teens a public
health epidemic. «I think high school is the real danger spot in terms of sleep deprivation, » said William
Dement, MD, PhD, founder of the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic, the first of its kind in the world. «It’s a
huge problem. What it means is that nobody performs at the level they could perform, » whether it’s in
school, on the roadways, on the sports field or in terms of physical and emotional health. Social and
cultural factors, as well as the advent of technology, all have collided with the biology of the adolescent
to prevent teens from getting enough rest. In the process, they not only lose precious hours of rest, but
their natural rhythm is disrupted, as they are being robbed of the dream-rich, rapid-eye-movement
stage of sleep, some of the deepest, most productive sleep time, said pediatric sleep specialist Rafael
Pelayo, MD, with the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic. «When teens wake up earlier, it cuts off their
dreams, » said Pelayo, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.

-Stanford Medicine

National Content:

According to The Filipino Times Newspaper, Staff Report on October 26, 2017, an alarming
number of OFWs in the UAE are sleep deprived, putting our fellow Filipinos at high risk of serious health
problems including heart diseases, high blood pressure, impaired mental ability, obesity, and in some
extreme cases, even death, a TFT survey showed.

The online survey, done on some 3,000 respondents across the emirates, showed that a typical OFW,
who resides in the flats or company-provided accommodations, goes to bed at around midnight, falls

asleep before 2am after checking his or her Facebook, and gets up at a little past 6am for the morning
rush to work.
Some 12% of the respondents said they sleep before 11pm on a weekday; 25% said it’s between 11pm
and midnight for them; 50% said they hit the sack at between midnight and 2am; the remaining 13%
said they are dead to the world at between 2am and 3pm.

Weekends are “sleep make-up” days for most, the survey revealed, with some 60% saying they retire
between midnight and 2am for up to a 12-hours’ sleep till the following day.

The survey covers a cross-section of line industries – from food and beverage service employees to
media and public relations practitioners.

The respondents said they used to sleep between six and eight hours on a regular working day in the
Philippines, which would have been longer, they said, had it not been for the chronic issue with the daily
commute’s traffic problems.

It’s a little over eight hours’ sleep for them on a weekend, the survey said.

From weight gain to impaired judgment and raised blood pressure, a lack of sleep can have severe
effects on the body and mind, according a report by the Independent.

For one, not having enough sleep “impacts visual working memory, making it difficult to tell the
difference between relevant and irrelevant stimuli, and affects emotional intelligence, behavior, and
ability to manage stress,” the report said.

It added that sleep deprivation can also result to mood swings as it “plays havoc with neurotransmitters
in the brain, mimicking symptoms of depression, anxiety and mania.”

Aside from raising blood pressure, habitual lack of sleep can, in the long run, be associated with an
increased risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, said the report.

And, as sleep deprivation affects the levels of hormones regulating appetite, levels of leptin – the
hormone that tells how much stored fat one has – drops and levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin rise

Local Content:

Sleep deprivation is a condition that occurs if you don't get enough sleep. It occurs if you have
one or more of the following: You don't get enough sleep (sleep deprivation), you sleep at the wrong
time of day. Sleep deficiency can interfere with work, school, driving, and social functioning. You might
have trouble learning, focusing, and reacting. Also, you might find it hard to judge other people's
emotions and reactions. Sleep deficiency also can make you feel frustrated, cranky, or worried in social
situations.

A lot of people mostly students here in Nasipit suffer from sleep deprivation which results to a
bad health, depression, and other bad effects on the body which can lead to death if not treated. I asked
some of my classmates of how much time they sleep every night, some said they sleep normally 7-8
hours a day, while some said they sleep 5-6 hours or 3-4 hours a day and one of my classmate said they
don’t sleep at all.
Objectives of the Study:

We conducted this study to learn more about sleep deprivation and to help the increasing
numbers of sleep deprived people prevent it. In this research you will learn on how to have better time
management and healthy diets and habits that will help prevent sleep deprivation. Additionally, so you
can help other people from what you learn from here prevent sleep deprivation which can save a lot of
lives and make the community better.

Significance of the Study:

A. Students – Will help students have better time management for sleep and have a healthy life
that will make them more productive and physically and emotionally stable.
B. Parents – Will help the parents have more sleep, reduce fatigue, and less worry for their
children.
C. Administrators – Will also help them have better time management for sleep so that they can
concentrate more, calm their mind, and be healthy physically, emotionally, and spiritually.