ArticleSleep medicine2014
Self-reported sleep patterns in a British population cohort.
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- "How Do Greeks Sleep?" A Cross-Sectional Study among Indigenous and Minority Populations.Maedica · 2022Article
- The brain structure and genetic mechanisms underlying the nonlinear association between sleep duration, cognition and mental health.Nature aging · 2022Article
- Age and gender differences in objective sleep properties using large-scale body acceleration data in a Japanese population.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Sleep Timing and Risk of Dementia Among the Chinese Elderly in an Urban Community: The Shanghai Aging Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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- Association between area deprivation and major depressive disorder in British men and women: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Generalised anxiety disorder and hospital admissions: findings from a large, population cohort study.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Sleep and Cardio-Metabolic Disease.Current cardiology reports · 2017Review
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- Sex differences in the association between area deprivation and generalised anxiety disorder: British population study.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Sleep duration and health among older adults: associations vary by how sleep is measured.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Article
- Objective Sedentary Time, Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, and Physical Capability in a British Cohort.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesSleep patterns have been linked to various health outcomes, but sleep patterns in the British population have not been extensively reported. We aimed to describe the sleep characteristics reported by the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk participants, with a particular emphasis on the comparison of measures of sleep quantity.
methodsFrom 2006 to 2007, a total of 8480 participants aged 45-90 years reported sleep timing, nighttime sleep duration, and sleep difficulties. Time in bed (TIB) was calculated from the difference between rise time and bedtime, and sleep proportion was defined as the ratio of sleep duration and TIB.
resultsOn average, the reported TIB was more than 1.5h longer than sleep durations. Compared to men, women spent 15 min longer in bed, but they slept for 11 min less and reported more sleep difficulties. In multivariate analysis sleep duration and TIB varied with socioeconomic factors, but sleep proportion was consistently lower among women, nonworkers, and older individuals, as well as those who were widowed, separated, or divorced; those who reported sleep difficulties and more frequently used sleep medication; and those who had lower education, poorer general health, or a major depressive disorder (MDD).
conclusionsSelf-reported sleep duration and TIB have different meanings and implications for health. Sleep proportion may be a useful indicator of sleep patterns in the general population.
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