Table 2.

Participant perceptions on the relationship between sexual activity before sleep and sleep factors.

		Total		Female		Male		p
		n	%	n	%	n	%
SEX WITH A PARTNER BEFORE SLEEP
Sleep quality	Improves	367	63.1	192	59.1	175	68.1	0.026
	Stays the same	190	32.6	114	35.1	76	29.6
	Worsens	25	4.3	19	5.8	6	2.3
		582	100.0%	325	100.0%	257	100%
Sleep onset	Improves	341	59.0	172	53.3	169	66.3	0.001
	Stays the same	189	32.7	114	35.3	75	29.4
	Worsens	48	8.3	37	11.4	11	4.3
		578	100%	323	100.0%	255	100.0%
ORGASM WITH A PARTNER BEFORE SLEEP
Sleep quality	Improves	409	70.8	221	68.4	188	73.7	0.332
	Stays the same	154	26.6	92	28.5	62	24.3
	Worsens	15	2.6	10	3.1	5	2.0
		578	100.0%	323	100.0%	255	100.0%
Sleep onset	Improves	357	62.5	186	58.3	171	67.6	0.057
	Stays the same	181	31.6	110	34.5	7	28.1
	Worsens	34	5.9	23	7.2	11	4.3
		572	100.0%	319	100.0%	189	100.0%
MASTURBATION BEFORE SLEEP
Sleep quality	Improves	246	48.2	138	49.8	108	46.4	0.734
	Stays the same	251	49.2	132	47.7	119	51.1
	Worsens	13	2.6	7	2.5	6	2.5
		510	100.0%	277	100.0%	233	100.0%
Sleep onset	Improves	226	44.7	125	46.0	101	43.3	0.839
	Stays the same	254	50.3	134	49.2	120	51.5
	Worsens	25	5.0	13	4.8	12	5.2
		505	100.0%	272	100.0%	233	100%
ORGASM WITH MASTURBATION BEFORE SLEEP
Sleep quality	Improves	284	54.1	158	55.8	126	52.0	0.513
	Stays the same	231	44.0	121	42.8	110	45.5
	Worsens	10	1.9	4	1.4	6	2.5
		525	100.0%	283	100.0%	242	100.0%
Sleep onset	Improves	245	47.4	132	47.0	113	47.9	0.640
	Stays the same	248	48.0	138	49.1	110	46.6
	Worsens	24	4.6	11	3.9	13	5.5
		517	100.0%	281	100.0%	236	100.0%