Sleep deprivation, or the inadequate quantity and quality of sleep, increases the

likelihood of a person suffering from a number of negative effects in both their physical and
mental well-being. A few examples of this is decreased brain function, depression and anxiety,
heart attack and strokes, and weakened immune system. With the severity of these effects, it
will surely have a big impact on a person’s life, especially in terms of their capacity for learning,
academic performance, and neural-behavioral processes. These reasons show how significant
sleep is, and therefore it isn’t great to hear for Filipinos having one of the highest rates of sleep
deprivation in Asia, according to the 2016 Healthy Living Index Survey; 46% of Filipinos report
not getting enough sleep, and 32% report sleeping for less than six hours each night.
According to the research conducted by Daghlas et al. (2019), people who sleep less
than six hours per night had a 20% higher chance of having heart attacks. This was also
followed and backed up by other studies concluding that short sleep duration is a potential
causal risk factor of several cardiovascular diseases as people suffering from sleep deprivation
has a 20% higher chance of having myocardial infarction and intracerebral hemorrhage (Ai et
al., 2021), 48% higher chance of having coronary artery disease (Cappuccio et al. 2015), and
15% higher risk of stroke (Leng et al., 2015). The study of Titova et al. also gave suggestive
evidence that genetic liability to short-sleep duration was associated with higher odds of
stomach cancer (45%), pancreatic cancer (46%) and colorectal cancer (68%). Furthermore,
according to a study by a group of Filipino students, 77% of their 151 respondents had felt lazy
due to the lack of sleep and had a hard time focusing on class, and 79% agreed that it had
affected their alertness in school (Nacino and Serafines 2019).
With these information at hand, it proves how serious and important it is to be able to
provide further awareness and information about sleep deprivation. Specifically, its effects and
significant association with the academic performance of the selected students.

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