{"id":547,"date":"2015-03-05T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2015-03-05T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T17:02:33","slug":"why-worse-statistics-on-monday-instead-of-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Why Worse Statistics on Monday Instead of Sunday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our followers asked the following question on our <a title=\"Health and Well-Being\" href=\"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=87\" target=\"_blank\">Health and Well-Being<\/a> page under the Areas of Concern menu:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I find it interesting that most studies site Monday morning as the day where sleep is lost. The DST change occurs on Sunday morning at 2:00 AM, so it\u2019s actually <i><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00009e84-Id-00000033;\">Saturday<\/span><\/i> night that you need to go to bed early. Those that don\u2019t will be sleep deprived on <i><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00009e84-Id-00000033;\">Sunday<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it takes some of us a few days to acclimate, so perhaps that is part of it. The linked article reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe first Monday after Daylight Saving Time begins each March is met with grumbles across the US, as most lose one precious hour of sleep.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But it\u2019s actually the day before. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/timezonereport.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my response.\u00a0 While I don&#8217;t have much &#8220;real research&#8221; to quote, I&#8217;ve read a lot of DST-related articles and <a title=\"Books on Daylight Saving Time\" href=\"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=433\" target=\"_blank\">a few books<\/a>, so I&#8217;ve got an &#8220;educated opinion&#8221; to share.<\/p>\n<p>I think part of the issue is that it can take a few days before people&#8217;s sleep patterns adjust.\u00a0 In fact, some of the statistics I&#8217;ve read even indicate the highest increase (especially in heart attacks) is on <strong>Tuesday<\/strong> morning.\u00a0 Just my opinion, but that could be from the cumulative effect of <strong>several<\/strong> nights of less-than-optimal sleep. Also, I&#8217;ve read a good bit of anecdotal evidence that many religious folks arrive an hour late for church: some, because they forgot to &#8220;spring forward&#8221;, and others because they overslept.<\/p>\n<p>I also think it\u2019s the different nature (for most people) between Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>For Sunday\u2019s church-goers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They probably look forward to their time of fellowship, so it\u2019s generally a low-stress morning<\/li>\n<li>They most likely choose a place of worship close to home, so any \u201cgroggy driving\u201d due to sleep deprivation is over a short distance<\/li>\n<li>They have only experienced one night of lost sleep \u2013 most people recover reasonably well from <strong>one<\/strong> night of poor sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, for the non-religious types, perhaps sleeping in \u201can hour later\u201d (by the clock, anyway) isn\u2019t a big deal, so no stress, little or no travel, etc.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now there\u2019s the (normal?) stress of a work day for the majority of folks<\/li>\n<li>Driving distances tend to be longer and more heavily traveled (all the non-church folks who slept in on Sunday still have to go to work on Monday)<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s two nights of sleep loss for most folks who haven\u2019t taken action to adjust their body clocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can assume that many people get their body clock in sync by Tuesday, but those that have more trouble adjusting will now be working on <strong>three<\/strong> days of poor sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Just my thoughts there.<\/p>\n<p>To <a title=\"Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday in the US: Get More Sleep!!\" href=\"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=536\" target=\"_blank\">combat the sleep loss issue<\/a>, I recommend going to bed 20 minutes early on Friday night, then 40 minutes early on Saturday night. 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