ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2018
Sleep Disturbances in Midlife Women at the Cusp of the Menopausal Transition.
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- Comparison of two self-reported tools for assessment of sleep quality.Patient related outcome measures · 2026Article
- Menopause-Related Changes in Sleep and the Associations with Cardiometabolic Health: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sleep Health in Human Biology Research.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Relationship between sleep quality and marital satisfaction of working women during the premenopausal period.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Perceived quality of sleep across the menopausal transition: A retrospective cohort study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Nocturnal Hot Flashes, but Not Serum Hormone Concentrations, as a Predictor of Insomnia in Menopausal Women: Results from the Midlife Women's Health Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2023Article
- Sleep Self-Report and Actigraphy Measures in Healthy Midlife Women: Validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Article
- Sleep and gynecological cancer outcomes: opportunities to improve quality of life and survival.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2022Review
- Poor Sleep Quality and Factors Among Reproductive-Age Women in Southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Association of phthalate exposure and endogenous hormones with self-reported sleep disruptions: results from the Midlife Women's Health Study.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- Psychosomatic and vasomotor symptom changes during transition to menopause.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2019Review
- Women's Sleep Across the Reproductive Life Span.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2018Review
- Sex Differences in Subjective Sleep Quality Patterns in Schizophrenia.Behavioral sleep medicineArticle
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objectivesTo compare causes of sleep disturbance and to compare self-reported sleep duration among groups of late premenopausal women and early perimenopausal women.
methodsIn a longitudinal study of a community-based sample of healthy women 40 to 50 years of age, menstrual cycle and symptom data were collected every 2 months; anthropometric measures, a urine sample for follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures were collected every 6 months.
resultsAt 12 to 18 months, 206 women remained premenopausal and 69 women became perimenopausal. Poor sleep quality (PSQI score > 5) was experienced by 42% of the total cohort. Awakening to use the bathroom was the most frequent reason (81%) for sleep disturbance in the entire cohort, followed by feeling too hot (26%). However, premenopausal women were significantly more likely to awaken to use the bathroom than perimenopausal women (
conclusionsSleep disturbance is a significant issue for midlife women regardless of age or reproductive stage. Identification of salient factors that disrupt sleep, such as nocturia prior to menopausal transition or feeling too hot early in menopausal transition, will provide direction for developing tailored intervention strategies to improve sleep and quality of life. COMMENTARY: A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 1095.
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