RESEARCH PAPER
DR. DIROSA
CONSUMER HEALTH DECISIONS
Kyle Barile, Victoria Camera, Frank Camera, Nick
Yansick
Research Question
Among athletic
college
adolescents ages
18-25, does the
amount of sleep
one acquires
determine
stamina and
physical fitness
during activity?
Significance of the problem
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The importance of answering our research question
is to give the group and athletic college adolescents
a better understanding. An understanding of how a
loss of sleep can detriment one’s ability to perform
more efficiently when engaging in physical activity.
The group believes a good amount of sleep can
benefit heart health, stress levels reduces. It has also
been known to improve memory loss and reduce
minor inflammation.
What we want to know?
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We were hoping to answer these questions..
 Is
athletic performance affected by sleep?
 If so, how it is affected?
 Does the amount of sleep affect different people?
Who were the participants?

College Adolescents
 Ages
18-25
 Athletes
 82 Males and 18 Females
Athletes Involved in Survey
25
20
15
10
5
0
Results
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The results from the surveys given by the group had
given them usable and sufficient information to draw
conclusions. The group can conclude that more males
than females answered these surveys. Many of the
participants began participation at ages 5,6, or 7.
Drinking and homework seemed to be the two top
activities that take away from a good night of sleep. It
was also very obvious that many of the results had
shown that sleep was an important part of their day.
There was hardly any negative feedback on the
question of the level of importance.
Survey Results
Hours of sleep on average per week
1
5
9
26
21
38
Less than30 hours
30-40 hours
40-50 hours
50-60 hours
60-70 hours
Greater than 70 hours
Pie Chart Discussion
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The Recommended range of hours of sleep is
approximately 49-63.
Only about 32% of the survey participants were in
that range.
68% of participants got less sleep than
recommended.
This shows that a large majority of college aged
athletes do not get the sleep they need.
Why don’t they get the sleep they need?
Job
Significant Other
No
Yes
Homework
Drinking
0
20
40
60
80
100
Bar Chart Discussion
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The bar chart shows that when it comes to jobs and
having a significant other, a majority of participants
say that those factors do not affect their sleep loss.
On the other hand homework and drinking do seem
to be the main factors that affect sleep loss.
Both of those factors are ones that college students
are most likely to face more than other
demographics.
Importance of a Good Nights Sleep
80
70
60
50
40
Survey results
30
20
10
0
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Chart Discussion
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Among our participants 68% strongly agree that a
good nights sleep is important.
24% said they agree with that statement.
This means the overwhelming majority of the 100
survey participants believe that is important to get
a good nights sleep.
Discussion
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The answer to our research question is that according to
athletes, regardless of what sport they play, sleep is very
important to their athletic performance.
The actual affect is hard to determine from the survey but it
can be assumed from the other data that it has a negative
effect.
The results from our scientific literature seemed to lean
towards lack of sleep negatively affecting athletic
performance for the most part.
Although a few studies did not find a correlation between
sleep and athletic performance.
No studies found that a lack of sleep improves athletic
performance.
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