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Sleep quality and risk for sleep apnea in incarcerated women.
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- Menopause and the prison: A Systematic review exploring the experiences and support needs of women in prison in relation to the menopause.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
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- Association between sleep duration and subjective memory complaints: A large-scale cross-sectional study based on NHANES.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- "What if that's your last sleep?" A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Changes in sleep quality and housing status among individuals incarcerated in jail.Sleep health · 2022Article
- Association of urinary arsenic and sleep disorder in the US population: NHANES 2015-2016.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
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- COVID-19 Pandemic and Physical Exercise: Lessons Learnt for Confined Communities.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Adaptation of the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) for the Measurement of Physical Activity in Jail Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Poor sleep quality and associated factors among prisoners of the Diredawa correctional facility in eastern Ethiopia.Annals of general psychiatry · 2020Article
- Influence of physical activity, screen time and sleep on inmates' body weight during incarceration in Canadian federal penitentiaries: a retrospective cohort study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019Article
- Physical and social sleep environment of a women's prison: A qualitative exploration.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Changes in sleep pattern and sleep quality during COVID-19 lockdown.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about characteristics of women's sleep during incarceration.
objectivesThe study objectives were to describe incarcerated women's sleep quality, document incarcerated women's risk for sleep apnea, and identify other factors that contribute to poor sleep quality during incarceration.
methodsThis cross-sectional descriptive exploratory investigation was conducted in a maximum security women's prison in the United States. Incarcerated women's sleep quality and their risk for sleep apnea was assessed by using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Multivariable Apnea Prediction Score, respectively.
resultsFour hundred thirty-eight incarcerated women participated in this investigation. Results indicate that 72% of the sample met the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index criteria for "poor sleepers." Poor sleepers were significantly more likely to report sleep disturbances and scored significantly higher on the risk for sleep apnea scale compared to women who did not meet the poor sleep threshold. Approximately 10% of the sample had a probability for sleep apnea higher than .50. Factors that contributed to poor sleep included (a) "racing thoughts/worry/thinking about things," (b) environmental noise and other factors, (c) physical health conditions/pain, (d) nightmares and flashbacks, and (e) not taking sleep medication. DISCUSSION: Most participants reported poor sleep quality during incarceration. Poor sleep might exacerbate existing health conditions and contribute to the development of new health problems for incarcerated women. Furthermore, poor sleep quality may reduce a woman's ability to fully participate in beneficial prison programming. This investigation provides a first look at how women sleep in prison and offers recommendations for future research.
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