Research shows that working from home increased sleep by almost half an hour

Recently, a study showed that sleeping longer on the weekend can reduce the risk of heart disease by 20%. to read the full article and see a portion below:

First, to arrive at the results, the researchers used, as an example, 90,903 people involved in the UK Biobank project, a large UK database dating back 14 years. They divided the people into four groups, the first with more compensated sleep and the second with less sleep. The information was taken from accelerometers, devices that monitor heart rate, distance traveled and calories burned, such as smartphones and smartwatches.

The scholars analyzed hospitalization records and causes of death. Therefore, they also had the opportunity to understand the diagnosis of heart disease. With all this data and the reports of the participants they were able to arrive at the results. These have shown that those who sleep less than seven hours a night are at greater risk when it comes to their heart.

Despite this, those who preferred to sleep on the weekend managed to reduce the risk by 20% compared to those who did not have time to catch up on sleep. “Our findings show that, for a significant proportion of the population in modern society who suffer from sleep deprivation, those who sleep more on weekends have significantly lower rates of heart disease than those who sleep less.”said study co-author Zechen Liu.