What is sleep hygeine?

[Gs172003]

Can somebody explain that to me?

 

[Sideways]

Sleep hygiene = habits that relate to your sleep

So, “good” sleep hygiene, is about developing habits that are going to improve the quality of your sleep. And there’s tonnes of them.

A lot of generic ‘sleep hygiene’ habits relate directly to the time and place that you sleep, things you do leading up to bedtime, when you go to bed and for how long, the way you look after your sleeping space to ensure that it’s sleep-friendly.

More broadly, good sleep hygiene also refers to the habits a person has, throughout the day, that contribute to the quality of their sleep. This can include healthy diet, low caffiene/alcohol/nicotine etc, healthy amounts of exercise and activity, and even the way you schedule different types of activities (like screen time).

A lot of materials available about good sleep hygiene will focus on good bedtime routines, because they’re super important. But there’s also plenty of evidence around about how the things we do during the daytime hours are going to impact your sleep (positively or negatively).

“Sleep hygiene” then, is about examining the habits that you have that impact your sleep, identifying those habits that are negatively impacting the quality of your sleep, and improving or building habits that will benefit your sleep:)

 

[Gs172003]

Sleep hygiene = habits that relate to your sleep

So, “good” sleep hygiene, is about developing habits that are going to improve the quality of your sleep. And there’s tonnes of them.

A lot of generic ‘sleep hygiene’ habits relate directly to the time and place that you sleep, things you do leading up to bedtime, when you go to bed and for how long, the way you look after your sleeping space to ensure that it’s sleep-friendly.

More broadly, good sleep hygiene also refers to the habits a person has, throughout the day, that contribute to the quality of their sleep. This can include healthy diet, low caffiene/alcohol/nicotine etc, healthy amounts of exercise and activity, and even the way you schedule different types of activities (like screen time).

A lot of materials available about good sleep hygiene will focus on good bedtime routines, because they’re super important. But there’s also plenty of evidence around about how the things we do during the daytime hours are going to impact your sleep (positively or negatively).

“Sleep hygiene” then, is about examining the habits that you have that impact your sleep, identifying those habits that are negatively impacting the quality of your sleep, and improving or building habits that will benefit your sleep:)

Thanks! I'll look into it

 

[siniang]

And to provide specific examples, generalized it’s things like:

- dark room
- cold room
- well ventilated/oxygenated room
- quiet room
- comfortable mattresses/bedding
- fixed bed times, including during the weekend
- no screen time x hours before sleep
- no caffeine x hours before sleep
- no food x hours before sleep
- well hydrated
...
...

and plenty other things...

that are being considered “good sleep hygiene”.

Though I personally have my beef with umbrella recommendations like these, they do actually have a basis in scientific studies.

I also remember seeing a thread here in the subforum about this a while ago

 

[siniang]

What sleep hygiene do you practice? what sleep routines do you use?

 

[Gs172003]

Thank you all.

I think I asked this a while back and just forgot about it.