英语科普小知识 半夜起床上厕所影响第二天工作效率.docVIP

People who go to the toilet in the middle of the night are less productive at work, study suggests. 研究表明，半夜起床上厕所的人工作效率更低。 ? Getting up overnight to use the?loo（厕所，洗手间）?has a bigger impact on a persons work rate than asthma or some chronic lung diseases, leading the researchers to conclude that the condition is underestimated. ? Nocturia - where a person wakes up once or more in a night to urinate - leads to notable work productivity loss, the study presented to the European Association of Urology congress in Milan claims. ? The team of researchers examined 261 women and 385 men with the condition and questioned them about the effect of health problems on their ability to work and perform regular activities. ? Nocturia reduced work productivity by 24 percent - greater than the productivity loss shown by people with asthma or lung disease, it was found. ? The ability to carry out leisure activities in the day was also reduced, by 34 percent. ? Philip Van Kerrebroeck, professor of urology at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, said: Nocturia is a common problem affecting around a third of adults, but its burden is underestimated and it is often dismissed as being less serious than other chronic conditions in terms of impact on quality of life and societal costs. ? These data show that nocturia negatively affects both sleep and daytime performance and its impact on work productivity is in line with many other chronic conditions. Patients with nocturia should seek specific treatment for this debilitating condition. ? The researchers also found that disturbed sleep is considered to be the most burdensome symptom of?nocturia（夜尿症）, as around a third are unable drop off again which leads to insomnia ? I cant ever fall back asleep. I start watching TV all night and I am miserable the next day, one patient said. 半夜上厕所去的人是生产力较低的工作，研究建议。 研究表明，半夜起床上厕所的人工作效率更低。 ? 起床过夜使用厕所（厕所，洗手间）有更大的影响一个人的工作速度上比哮喘或一些慢性肺部疾病，导致研究人员得出结论认为被低估的状况。 ? 夜尿 - 当一个人醒来一次或多次在起夜 - “显着的工作生产力损失