Emotions contribute most to sleep troubles
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Of all provincial capitals, Nanjing in East China's Jiangsu province, ranked highest at 71.4, while Hohhot in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region ranked lowest at 65.5.
The report also showed that freelancers and salespeople were among the professionals that have the longest sleep on working days averaging 8.3 hours, while newspaper journalists sleep 7.5 hours per workday, the shortest of all 18 major professions covered in the survey.
Sleep disorders have become a worldwide problem and affect more than a third of Chinese people, said Zhang Guoping, a doctor in the neurology department at Beijing Shijitan Hospital.
"Many factors, such as heavy work pressure, negative emotions and excessive use of electronic products at night, can cause sleep disorders," Zhang said.
"Insomnia can cause harm to health, including memory loss, and long-term insomnia suffers are three to four times more likely to suffer depression than those without insomnia," he said.
Health problems such as heart disease, as well as negative emotions－tension and fear－also cause sleep disorders. Serious suffers are advised to seek medical treatment, he said.
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