Article: Poor Sleep Affecting Accuracy and Attitude on the Job.

New National Better Sleep Month Survey Highlights Link between Sleep and Work Performance

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees are paying a high price for too little sleep when it comes to work productivity, according to new statistics from the Better Sleep Council (BSC). Respondents to the BSC's 2007 Better Sleep Month survey, conducted for Better Sleep Month this May, reported an alarming decline in quality of work, poor judgment and trouble retaining information as the top work-related consequences from lack of sleep. In fact, 44 percent said they were likely to be in an unpleasant or unfriendly mood -- all bad news for employers, employees and ...

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