Men Working Long Hours With Little Sleep May Harm Health When Older

A study done in Finland found that businessmen who worked over 50 hours a week and slept less than 47 hours weekly when they were middle aged were in worse physical health as old men than those who had healthier work and sleep habits when they were in their prime.

The study conducted more than 3,000 white men born between 1919 and 1934. About half of the men had provided clinical characteristics of health, working hours and sleep duration in 1974 when they were in their mid to late forties, on average, and completed quality of life surveys in the year 2000, when most were in their sixties and seventies.

The results stated that men with the longer work hours and fewer hours of sleep scored significantly lower on physical functioning, vitality and general health testings than those with average work hours and a normal sleep schedule. 

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