Good sleep in combination with healthy nutrition and adequate physical exercise form the basis for good quality of life and good health. Disorders of sleep lead to diminished quality of life, health deterioration and a predisposition to accidents.

An individual’s quality of life can be markedly improved if sleep disorders can be prevented and/or treated adequately.

Significant economic savings can be achieved in society through improving sleep, in decreased accident rates, diminished health care costs and increased productivity.

The aim of the project is to identify factors (molecular, physiological, behavioural, sociological) causing sleep loss and clarify the physiological and behavioural consequences of sleep loss.