The National Sleep Foundation commissioned WB&A Market Research to conduct a national survey of adult Americans — the NSF 2009 Sleep in AmericaTM poll. The primary objectives of this research were to answer the following questions: 1. How important is sleep to adult Americans when compared to diet and exercise? 2. How often do adults engage in healthy or unhealthy eating behaviors and what affect do these behaviors have on their sleep? 3. How often do adults consume substances such as caffeine, alcohol and tobacco, and how do these affect their quality of sleep? 4. What are the sleep habits of adults? Are they getting enough sleep compared to what they say they need? 5. How does their amount of exercise affect the sleep quality of adults? 6. Does satisfaction with relationships and/or jobs as well as current events or other concerns affect adults’ quality of sleep? 7. How does daytime sleepiness affect adult lifestyles and how do they cope with sleepiness? 8. What are adults’ experiences with driving drowsy? 9. How do health and medical conditions affect adults’ sleep habits? How many adults experience various types of sleep problems/disorders and how often do they experience them? 10. What types of sleep aids or medications do adults use to treat their sleep problems/disorders? (Author/publisher)
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