Wakeup call for people who face difficulty in falling asleep as their insomnia can lead to depression. A recent study carried out by researchers from the Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing at the University of Western Australia has found that men who suffer from insomnia are at a higher risk of suffering from depression as compared to others.
Lead Researcher of the study, Professor Osvaldo Almeida said that sleep is important for both mental and physical health of people and sleeplessness can cause a number of health complications.
The researchers carried out the study on 5,127 men and found that 60% of them have suffered the problem of poor sleep. About 8% of these participants face difficulty in falling asleep and 10% remains awake. Nearly 72% of the participants woke up early morning.
Professor Almeida said that the study only involved men as further studies will be required to confirm whether women will experience the same sleep disturbances or not.
Further, Professor Almeida said, “We found a strong link between difficulty falling asleep and depression which cannot be explained adequately by reverse causality that is, that depression causes insomnia”.