ArticleInternational psychogeriatrics2015
Neighborhood physical disorder, social cohesion, and insomnia: results from participants over age 50 in the Health and Retirement Study.
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- Impact of Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Rodent Sightings on Mental Health among Residents of New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Sleep in Australian Adults.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2024Article
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- Moving toward Equitable Care for Sleep Apnea in the United States: Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Thresholds: An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Neighborhood-level sleep health and childhood opportunities.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Racial Differences in Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea.Sleep medicine clinics · 2022Review
- Multidimensional Environmental Factors and Sleep Health for Aging Adults: A Focused Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Exterior housing conditions are associated with objective measures of poor sleep among low-income older adults with disabilities.Sleep health · 2021Article
- The association between neighborhood social cohesion and sleep duration in Latinos.Ethnicity & health · 2021Article
- Associations of insomnia with noise annoyance and neighborhood environments: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- The Evolutionarily Mismatched Impact of Urbanization on Insomnia Symptoms: a Short Review of the Recent Literature.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
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- Childhood Adversity and Sleep Disturbances: Longitudinal Results in Puerto Rican Children.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe determined the association between neighborhood socio-environmental factors and insomnia symptoms in a nationally representative sample of US adults aged >50 years.
methodsData were analyzed from two waves (2006 and 2010) of the Health and Retirement Study using 7,231 community-dwelling participants (3,054 men and 4,177 women) in the United States. Primary predictors were neighborhood physical disorder (e.g. vandalism/graffiti, feeling safe alone after dark, and cleanliness) and social cohesion (e.g. friendliness of people, availability of help when needed, etc.); outcomes were insomnia symptoms (trouble falling asleep, night awakenings, waking too early, and feeling unrested).
resultsAfter adjustment for age, income, race, education, sex, chronic diseases, body mass index, depressive symptoms, smoking, and alcohol consumption, each one-unit increase in neighborhood physical disorder was associated with a greater odds of trouble falling asleep (odds ratio (OR) = 1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04-1.14), waking too early (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.00-1.10), and, in adults aged ≥69 years (adjusting for all variables above except age), feeling unrested in the morning (OR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02-1.22 in 2006). Each one-unit increase in lower social cohesion was associated with a greater odds of trouble falling asleep (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01-1.11) and feeling unrested (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.04-1.15).
conclusionsNeighborhood-level factors of physical disorder and social cohesion are associated with insomnia symptoms in middle-aged and older adults. Neighborhood-level factors may affect sleep, and consequently health, in our aging population.
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