ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Self-reported eating disorders and sleep disturbances in young adults: a prospective cohort study.
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- The Integration of Sleep Research Into Eating Disorders Research: Recommendations and Best Practices.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Using item response theory to identify key symptoms of insomnia in a sample of university students with probable eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Engagement in binge eating and fasting associated with poorer sleep quality in an online sample of adults.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Sleep Profiles in Eating Disorders: A Scientometric Study on 50 Years of Clinical Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Fear of COVID-19, insomnia, and eating disorder symptoms among Iranian college students.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Disordered Sleep and Mood in Male Anorexia Nervosa: An Actigraphy Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Benefits of Exercise in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder in Adolescents with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Sleep Quality and Eating Disorder-Related Psychopathologies in Patients with Night Eating Syndrome and Binge Eating Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Sleep disturbances in anorexia nervosa subtypes in adolescence.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
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purposeTo evaluate the prospective association between eating disorders, disordered eating behaviors, and sleep disturbances in young adults.
methodsWe used prospective cohort data of young adults aged 18-26 from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 12,082). Self-reported exposures of interest (at 18-26 years) included (1) an eating disorder diagnosis proxy; disordered eating behaviors such as (2) restrictive eating behaviors including fasting/skipping meals, (3) compensatory behaviors including vomiting, laxatives/diuretics, or weight loss pills; and (4) loss of control/overeating. Self-reported sleep disturbances at 7-year follow-up included trouble falling or staying asleep.
resultsIn negative binomial regression models, all four exposures predicted both sleep disturbance outcomes at 7-year follow-up, when adjusting for demographic covariates and baseline sleep disturbances. When additionally adjusting for baseline depressive symptoms, the associations between eating disorder diagnosis proxies and trouble falling (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 1.24; 95% CI 1.05-1.46) and staying (IRR 1.16; 95% CI 1.01-1.35) asleep remained statistically significant; however, the associations between eating behaviors and sleep disturbances were attenuated.
conclusionsEating disorders in young adulthood predict sleep disturbances at 7-year follow-up. Young adults with eating disorders or who engage in disordered eating behaviors may be assessed for sleep disturbances. LEVEL III: Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies.
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