More than half of Brits miss out on sleep when sharing a bed with a fidgety partner

Brits miss out on almost two hours of sleep every night due to their partner

More than half of Brits who sleep next to a partner or spouse, say they miss out on two hours of sleep every night, thanks to their partner’s nightmare sleep habits, according to new national research.

The study, conducted by the UK’s most trusted sleep brand, Silentnight, was commissioned to reveal the impact that tossing and turning has on the nation’s sleep. The survey found that more than half (55%) of Brits miss out on sleep when sharing a bed with a fidgety partner.

To help long-suffering partners achieve the perfect snooze, Silentnight is on the hunt for the nation’s biggest tossers (and turners) to test out its newest range of mattresses designed to promote a better night’s sleep.

The brand is calling on Brits to nominate their partners and in exchange five couples will receive a mattress from the Silentnight LIFT collection which uses Intense™ technology for a deeper, undisturbed sleep, even when your partner is prone to fidgeting overnight.

The UK’s most trusted sleep brand will also give the lucky couples a cash prize of £300 so they can revamp their bedroom and improve the quality of their sleep.

Those two hours of lost sleep, equates to around 14 hours of sleep a week, which could have a significant impact on our own sleeping patterns.

This is even more severe for women, as four in 10 women (40%) said they lie awake while their partner tosses and turns, compared to just 34% of men who say their partners are the ones who keep them awake.

According to the study, tossing and turning during the night can have a negative impact on relationships, with over half of Brits (53%) arguing with their partner as their disturbed sleep takes its toll and 17% say they end up spending the night on either the sofa or in the spare room.

Reasons why our partners toss and turn include, the temperature, with one in five Brits admitting the struggle to keep warm at night keeps them up, worries about work (10%) cost of living pressures (11%) and not having a comfortable mattress or bed (8%).