Royal Philips, through its respiratory care and sleep area, reaffirms its commitment to helping people understand that sleeping well, like good nutrition, is a key pillar to promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Diego Golombek, a biologist specializing in chronobiology and researcher at CONICET, explains that we are sleeping approximately one hour less than fifty years ago and two hours less than 100 years ago. "It is a lot considering that a normal and healthy sleep should last 8 hours. The truth is that no one is sleeping the recommended amount and lack of sleep translates into endless health and quality of life problems, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, immune diseases and obviously drowsiness, increase in accidents. work and decreased productivity. In short, sleeping is equivalent to being healthy. We all want to fulfill our dreams, for that we first have to dream them and to dream them what do we have to do?

For his part, from the company, Shamir Waldmann, General Manager Sleep and Respiratory Care South Latam at Philips, warns that "there is more and more evidence about the impact of sleep apnea on people's health. At Philips we are working every day so that the patient understands the problem and looks for solutions to sleep better. Our commitment is to raise awareness among the entire underdiagnosed population."

On that path, already in 2018, Philips announced the results of its annual global sleep survey in a report titled “The Global Pursuit of Better Sleep Health” and alerted the population about its results that, although they showed that awareness of the effect of good sleep is increasing, it is still very difficult to achieve quality sleep.

The survey, which was conducted among adults in 12 countries to capture attitudes, perceptions and behaviors around sleep, revealed that: Although 77 percent of adults recognize that sleep has an effect on health, 62 percent admitted that they sleep only somewhat well and 44 percent said that their sleep has worsened in the last five years, among other results.

Additionally, the top health conditions or lifestyle conditions that affect sleep in the world were found to be insomnia, snoring, stress, and sleeping environment.

And, even though 80% of people want to improve their sleep, most are looking for simple strategies rather than seeking a professional or medical treatment.

With so many potential factors influencing a night's rest, Philips aims to use this data to help people around the world understand not only the value of sleep, but also how to start improving their sleep habits.

What are the solutions that Philips offers to improve sleep quality?

Philips Dream Family is the revolution in the effectiveness of sleep apnea treatment due to its increase in patient adherence thanks to its design, comfort and ease, always keeping the patients' needs in mind. This family is made up of DreamWear masks, the DreamStation PAP treatment equipment with guaranteed connectivity through the DreamMapper app.

· DreamWear, the only CPAP mask on the market with open face technology that directs airflow through the frame toward the tube at the top of your head, allowing freedom of movement and the ability to comfortably wear glasses, read or watch TV. The Philips DreamWear design allows you to quickly and easily switch between nasal, oronasal and gel pillow pads without having to change the mask.

· DreamStation is a PAP therapy system designed so that sleep therapy adapts to the patient's lifestyle. Characterized by its ease of use, exceptional silence compared to the rest of the equipment on the market and personalization of the treatment thanks to the variety of modalities that adapt to the different levels of severity of the disease.

· DreamStation Go is the latest innovation within the DreamStation portfolio that allows patients to travel easily while still receiving therapy, which is essential for their quality of sleep and overall health. Now users have the option of portability, convenience, and receiving reliable, convenient therapy anywhere, without the hassle of packing their full-size CPAP.

· DreamMapper, is the third member of the Dream Family that personalizes sleep therapy through connectivity. DreamMapper is a mobile app and online software that helps patients adapt to sleep therapy and monitors performance and is proven to improve patient adherence rates by 22% through active participation through daily reminders and tools such as multimedia that make it easy to solve common problems yourself.