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Awareness of Impact of Sleep on Immunity Among Young Individuals- A Survey
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SNEHAA BASKARAN, DINESH PREMAVATHY, KAVITHA.S
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Good sleep is necessary for everyone to maintain good immunity against diseases. The inadequate sleep leads to various immunological changes resulting in illness of the health.The sleep and immune-endocrine system have a bidirectional relationship in various physiological processes. It's deprivation might increase the susceptibility of microbial infections due to disturbance in the immunity . The research says that suboptimal sleep or sleep loss might increase the risk of cancer, stroke, disturbance in the behavior, chronic and acute inflammatory condition. The present study aims to assess the awareness of the importance of sleep and its relationship with immunity among young individuals. The present study was conducted questionnaire based online survey among young individuals. The results were analysed by SPSS software by analysing the variables. The majority of the respondents have agreed that the sleeping process has a direct impact on immunity. This study concludes that the young individuals are aware of the impact of sleep on immunity and most of them are having a proper sleep cycle.
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Sleep deprivation; immunity; bidirectional relationship; young individuals; online survey.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.058
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