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Ryan Scales Instructor: Malcolm Campbell English (1102) 9 ! 1! Dont Skip on the Zzzs Introduction/Overview "#ter long thought$ I came to the conclusion that I %ante& to a&&ress my e'ten&e& in(uiry pro)ect on the e##ects o# sleep &epri*ation in humans+ Sleep &epri*ation is o#ten o*erloo,e& an& &isregar&e& in our society- %hen in retrospect it is the cause o# numerous health problems that e*en physicians o*erloo,+ .igh bloo& pressure$ obesity$ an& heart #ailure are )ust a mere glimpse o# the &angerous con&itions that can come #rom being sleep &epri*e&+ "ccor&ing to /ebM0$ up to one1thir& o# "mericans ha*e symptoms o# insomnia- ho%e*er$ less than 102 o# those are i&enti#ie& by primary1care &octors+ 3eople %ho are not in#orme& or lac, interest %ith their &aily sleeping patterns are only hurting themsel*es in the en&+ It is *ital to un&erstan& the se*erity o# symptoms that can &e*elop #rom sleeplessness- both short an& long term+ /ith my EI3$ I %oul& learn the symptoms an& &iseases that arise #rom poor sleep beha*ior+ /e all seem to get caught up %ith our busy sche&ules an& appear to only #it time in #or sleep %hen %e can+ 0ue to this min&set o# not putting any %orth to%ar&s a goo& night sleep$ lea&s us to be less pro&ucti*e throughout the &ay+ /ith this e'ten&e& in(uiry pro)ect$ I %oul& e'plore the &i##erent areas o# our li#e that are a##ecte& #rom sleep &epri*ation+ I %oul& loo, at all three &omains o# a human4s li#e (emotional$ mental$ an& physical) an& see %hich o# the areas are most a##ecte&+ /hether it is &ri*ing$ eating$ or simple acti*ities o# &aily li*ing$ I %oul& e'amine

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all perspecti*es %ithin these &omains as %ell+ I %oul& be able to learn %hat e'actly a lac, o# sleep can truly cause to someone4s health an& %ell1being+ I am no neurologist$ psychologist$ pulmonologist$ or any physician #or that matter so I ha*e plenty o# ,no%le&ge to obtain %ith this e'ten&e& in(uiry pro)ect+ 5eing a ,inesiology ma)or$ I ha*e a strong interest in the human bo&y an& the beha*iors associate& %ith it in$ especially in altere& con&itions i+e sleep &epri*ation+ Sleep &epri*ation really came to my attention because o# the rele*ance o# the sub)ect to my ma)or an& ho% I can relate it to all humans in our society+ Many ma)or health beha*iors are associate& %ith ha*ing a lac, o# sleep- I %oul& emphasi6e a ma)ority o# these beha*iors in my pro)ect+ I ha*e alrea&y starte& some research$ #in&ing multiple %ebsites to start the process o# my pro)ect+ I starte& %ith going to /ebM0 to get the basis o*er*ie% o# sleep &epri*ation an& to learn any terms that maybe #oreign+ 7nce I got a goo& un&erstan&ing o# the con&ition an& the terms relate& to it$ I %ent on the C0C %ebsite to see %hat statistics ha*e been publishe& on sleep &epri*ation+ " lot o# the statistics really opene& my eyes to the &angers o# this 8&isease+9 "n estimate& :01;0 million <+S+ a&ults ha*e sleep or %a,e#ulness &isor&er accor&ing to the C0C %ebsite+ =hat4s almost 2:2 o# the population being a##ecte& by a &isor&er that most o# them &on4t reali6e they ha*e+ "s I continue to research$ I become more an& more intrigue& on my topic+ I belie*e that my topic o# choice has many &irections I can atten& to all %hile not being too broa&+ I plan to #in& a research librarian to #in& more sources on my topic$ as %ell as con&uct an inter*ie% %ith a psychology pro#essor here at <>C Charlotte+ I# I ha*e enough time$ I %oul& li,e to per#orm a small sur*ey among my peers on their &aily sleep patterns+ .a*ing this &ata %oul& ai& me in emphasi6ing the importance o# a 8goo& night4s sleep+9

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3hysicians may argue that there are more important issues at han& regar&ing a person4s health than monitoring their sleep beha*ior+ I reason that most o# these &isor&ers people &e*elop are &ue to a lac, o# one4s sleep+ =o go in e*en more &epth$ it4s more than the (uantity o# sleepit4s the (uality o# it+ My research %oul& tear apart the comple'ity o# a human4s sleep cycle+ Stressing the importance o# all that is in*ol*e& %ith a healthy night sleep shoul& get people to putting their hea& on their pillo% a little earlier e*ery night+ 3eople these &ays &on4t un&erstan& that a regular sleep pattern is )ust a *ital to li*ing a healthy li#estyle as eating the right #oo&s+ .ope#ully once people begin to see the &i##erence in their li#estyles %ith an appropriate amount o# sleep e*ery night compare& to their current sleep sche&ule$ they %ill see %hat positi*e$ pro&ucti*e beha*ior %ill come about #rom ha*ing a %ell1reste& night+ 7ne item o# business that really &re% me to this topic o# sleep &epri*ation %as the rele*ance it has to all age$ se'$ nationality an& ethnic groups+ /e are all humans an& %e all nee& sleep at the en& o# the &ay$ no pun inten&e&+ My EI3 %oul& sho% the signi#icance it has to e*eryone$ regar&less o# %ho you are+ 5eing a sophomore in college$ I ,no% ho% &i##icult it is to get to be& early e*ery night+ /ith the EI3$ I %oul& learn ho% to impro*e the (uality o# my sleep as %ell+ Initial Inquiry Question(s) /hat health problems or issues come about #rom sleep &epri*ation? Can these health problems be pre*ente& or limite& %ith an a&e(uate amount o# sleep? /hat e'actly a##ects one4s sleep cycle? Is there such thing as getting too much sleep? 0o physicians generali6e %hen &iagnosing someone %ith a sleep &isor&er? .o% harm#ul really is it to one4s health to not ha*e a regular sleep pattern?

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y Interest in this !opic "s I aspire to be a physical therapist$ I %ante& to see %hat current issues are o#ten o*erloo,e& regar&ing one4s health in to&ay4s society+ Sleep &epri*ation really came to my attention because o# its absence o# concern in the health in&ustry+ 3hysicians seem to o*ersee their patient4s sleep beha*ior more o#ten than none+ /hen &o you hear your &octor say$ 8.o% are you sleeping e*ery night? .o% many hours are you getting? 0o you %a,e up #re(uently at night?9 3robably not so o#ten- they as, about more physical$ obser*able con&itions that are ongoing in your li#e+ E*en %hen people go to get their physical at the #amily &octors$ the physician rarely as, about their sleep beha*ior+ My EI3 %oul& help put more emphasis on getting those hours %e so &early nee& e*ery night+ "e#t Steps In the progression o# my in(uiry pro)ect$ I %ill utili6e e*ery resource I can+ I plan to sche&ule a meeting %ith a research librarian to get the most out o# my research+ I %ill also try to #in& %hat stu&ies ha*e been con&ucte& or are currently ongoing in regar&s to human sleep beha*iors+ Statistics that I come across %ill ai& my research greatly in &e#en&ing my point on the importance o# not being sleep &epri*e&+ I currently am #in&ing multiple %ebsites that I can4t %ait to use to my a&*antage in my research paper+ I am rea&y to e'ploit all my resources an& pro&uce a *ery %ell1orchestrate& research paper+