Relationship Between Sleep Derivation and Fertility Case study 2022

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Qualitative Study on Whether Sleep Deprivation Can Influence Fertility
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Is there a Relationship between Sleep Deprivation and Fertility?
Introduction
Sleep is regarded as one of the important human health factors in the lives of human
beings. It is also deemed that the quality of life can be influenced by the sleep which is also right
for the case of fertility according to (Austin, 2018). It has been discovered through many
searches that people who are deprived of good sleep tend to develop serious health issues in
relation to sleep. This is so because concentration is not relaxed since tissues and organs systems
of the body cannot regulate and control the production of the needed and important chemical
organic substances such as hormones. According to (Mazrui et al., 2016), hormones produced
within the body have a direct influence on the fertility of a person and thus inadequate sleep can
be harmful since it decreases the capability of the human physique to yield hormones that are
associated with fertility. According to the study done by the CDCP (Centre for Disease Control
and Prevention), it is established that close to one-third of the world population is deprived of
sleep. Individuals within the groups who are deprived of sleep take all it receipts to concern
about due to the fact that their fertility level is much reduced (Smith, 2017).
Production of fertility hormones is mainly controlled by a part of the brain that by chance
plays an important task in controlling of sleep-wake hormones in the human body. Production of
the reproductive hormones is triggered by melatonin and cortisol. Several hormones that are
accountable for the development of spermatogenesis among men and the ovulation process in
women generally get exhausted during the time of sleep. Usually, among women continuous
deficiency of sleep or very little slumber has a negative effect on the manufacture of Luteinizing
hormone which is known to stimulate the ovulation process in women. The resultant or

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consequential menstrual indiscretion implies a longer duration earlier than the conception.
According to (Alvarenga & et.al., 2015), besides affecting the reproduction cycle, slumber is
accredited to influence ill-tempered moods, increased risk of illnesses and situations which may
expose an individual to transmittable illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure. Thus, the
increased infertility rates are contributed largely by lack of sleep. Infertility in men is
demonstrated by incapability to form and produce sperms while in women it is evidenced by the
incapability to ovulate as a result of the drastic reduction in the production of Luteinizing
hormone.
Research Question
The study aims at presenting whether sleep deprivation has any positive influence on
fertility and therefore, for this study, the following research question was necessitating:
i) Is there any significant relationship between lack of sleep and fertility?
Techniques of Data Collection
A significant comparison level exists between lack of sleep and infertility amongst many
people in the world. This study has established a sequence of data collection approaches that are
applied. This research is largely grounded upon the qualitative approaches of data collection and
data analysis. The key procedures of data collection that will be applied include the
administration of open-ended questionnaires, conducting interviews, and observation in order to
document the analysis. Though, emphasis is based upon four main approaches which are
interviews, literature analysis, open-ended questionnaires and observational methods. A mixture

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of the three major approaches of data collection will greatly assist in achieving key objectives of
this research in the characteristic of reliability.
i. Interviews
Interviews will be the main method of data collection as it plays an important role in the
research, especially in expressing the views, opinions, experiences and beliefs of various people
on the relationship between sleep and their fertility rates. According to (Kloss, Perlis, Zamzow,
Culnan, & Graciac, 2015) the accounts of persons established from the respondents will be used
to compare with the respondents of others, and in the end, help understand the underlying
influences of sleep and fertility. The main focus of this research is laid on semi-structured
interviews. This method lists the actual topic of research before the actual interview.
ii. Observational Methods
The observation methods will be used to help in understanding the topic by basically
studying individual actions on a pro-rata basis. The focus of the method thus will adopt the non-
participatory observation such as video recording and little of participatory observation. In
participatory observation, the researcher will closely interact with the select group through
watching what happens and asking both formal and informal questions on what the select people
believe is the relationship between sleep and fertility among people.
iii. Analysis of the documents
The method will rely on already existing sources like books, journals, magazines, newspapers,
personal documents and medical records from health facilities.
The Protocol for Semi-structured Interviews