Observational studyScientific reports2018
Associations between sleep parameters, non-communicable diseases, HIV status and medications in older, rural South Africans.
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- Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among professional drivers in LMICs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health promotion international · 2024Pooled it
- Poor sleep quality and its associated factors among HIV/ADIS patients living in sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
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- Are the healers healthy? Exploring non-communicable diseases among healthcare workers in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA): a study protocol for a controlled clinical heat adaptation trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessing sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among comorbid HIV and psychiatric outpatients.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025Article
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- Sleep deficiency among people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A growing challenge.HIV medicine · 2024Review
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- Socioeconomic status and sleep health: a narrative synthesis of 3 decades of empirical research.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Review
- Health profile of people living in the Gare Palma mining area of Tamnar block, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Tobacco use and incident sleep parameters among a rural ageing population in South Africa.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cardiometabolic health in a random sample of older adults in rural South Africa: building the case for the treatment of sleep disorders in underresourced settings.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Insomnia symptoms and biomarkers of monocyte activation, systemic inflammation, and coagulation in HIV: Veterans Aging Cohort Study.PloS one · 2021Article
- A supervised exercise intervention fails to improve subjective and objective sleep measures among older adults with and without HIV.HIV research & clinical practice · 2020Article
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- Screen Time and Sleep of Rural and Urban South African Preschool Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Descriptive epidemiology of objectively-measured, free-living sleep parameters in a rural African setting.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- Sedentary Behaviour and 12 Sleep Problem Indicators among Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
As part of the Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI), we investigated sleep habits and their interactions with HIV or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in 5059 participants (median age: 61, interquartile range: 52-71, 54% females). Self-reported sleep duration was 8.2 ± 1.6h, and bed and rise times were 20:48 ± 1:15 and 05:31 ± 1:05 respectively. Ratings of insufficient sleep were associated with older age, lack of formal education, unemployment, and obesity (p < 0.05). Ratings of restless sleep were associated with being older, female, having more education, being unemployed, and single. Hypertension was associated with shorter self-reported sleep duration, poor sleep quality, restless sleep, and periods of stopping breathing during the night (p < 0.05). HIV positive individuals not on antiretroviral treatment (ART) reported more nocturnal awakenings than those on ART (p = 0.029) and HIV negative individuals (p = 0.024), suggesting a negative net effect of untreated infection, but not of ART, on sleep quality. In this cohort, shorter, poor-quality sleep was associated with hypertension, but average self-reported sleep duration was longer than reported in other regions globally. It remains to be determined whether this is particular to this cohort, South Africa in general, or low- to middle-income countries undergoing transition.
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