TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of sleep characteristics among women in southeast texas
AU - Kachikis, Alisa B.
AU - Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is part of a larger study funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute , R01CA107015 awarded to Carmen Radecki Breitkopf. Dr. Radecki Breitkopf has full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Purpose: This study examined psychological and sociodemographic predictors of self-reported sleep characteristics including sleep duration, quality, and perceived adequacy of sleep among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women of low socioeconomic status. Method: Cross-sectional survey data were analyzed from 2,670 women ages 18 to 55 (74% Hispanic, 18% non-Hispanic White, 8% non-Hispanic Black) participating in a cancer prevention study in southeast Texas. Results: Women reported sleeping 7.1 hours per night on average; however, nearly 45% were short (≤6; 35.3%) or long (≥9; 9.5%) sleepers. Sleep quality was rated less than "good" for 43.7% of the total sample, and 22.5% reported adequate sleep "none" or "a little" of the time. Multivariable analyses identified different demographic and psychological predictors for the sleep characteristics; decreased sleep adequacy was associated with parity, depressive symptoms, stress, and anxiety (R 2 = 0.11); short sleep duration with age, education, and depressive symptoms (R 2 = 0.07); and poor sleep quality with ethnicity, marital and employment status, public housing accommodation, smoking status, income, acculturation, social desirability, depressive symptoms, stress, and anxiety (R 2 = 0.18). Separate analyses of the Hispanic subsample born in the United States versus elsewhere revealed differences in all sleep characteristics. In multivariable analyses, similar predictors of sleep quality and duration emerged, but only depressive symptoms, anxiety, and age were associated with sleep adequacy. Conclusion: Women of lower socioeconomic groups and Hispanic ethnicity may suffer poor quality sleep. A complex and distinct array of factors are associated with sleep quality, duration, and adequacy. The relationship between sleep and health and the growing U.S. Hispanic population highlight the importance of this and future research.
AB - Purpose: This study examined psychological and sociodemographic predictors of self-reported sleep characteristics including sleep duration, quality, and perceived adequacy of sleep among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women of low socioeconomic status. Method: Cross-sectional survey data were analyzed from 2,670 women ages 18 to 55 (74% Hispanic, 18% non-Hispanic White, 8% non-Hispanic Black) participating in a cancer prevention study in southeast Texas. Results: Women reported sleeping 7.1 hours per night on average; however, nearly 45% were short (≤6; 35.3%) or long (≥9; 9.5%) sleepers. Sleep quality was rated less than "good" for 43.7% of the total sample, and 22.5% reported adequate sleep "none" or "a little" of the time. Multivariable analyses identified different demographic and psychological predictors for the sleep characteristics; decreased sleep adequacy was associated with parity, depressive symptoms, stress, and anxiety (R 2 = 0.11); short sleep duration with age, education, and depressive symptoms (R 2 = 0.07); and poor sleep quality with ethnicity, marital and employment status, public housing accommodation, smoking status, income, acculturation, social desirability, depressive symptoms, stress, and anxiety (R 2 = 0.18). Separate analyses of the Hispanic subsample born in the United States versus elsewhere revealed differences in all sleep characteristics. In multivariable analyses, similar predictors of sleep quality and duration emerged, but only depressive symptoms, anxiety, and age were associated with sleep adequacy. Conclusion: Women of lower socioeconomic groups and Hispanic ethnicity may suffer poor quality sleep. A complex and distinct array of factors are associated with sleep quality, duration, and adequacy. The relationship between sleep and health and the growing U.S. Hispanic population highlight the importance of this and future research.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 21875813
AN - SCOPUS:84855577882
SN - 1049-3867
VL - 22
SP - e99-e109
JO - Women's Health Issues
JF - Women's Health Issues
IS - 1
ER -