ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2021
Prevalence and correlates of sleep problems among Chinese prisoners.
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- Prevalence of insomnia and poor sleep quality in the prison population: A systematic review.Journal of sleep research · 2022Pooled it
- Trajectories of sleep disturbance among school teachers in Shenzhen, China: patterns, predictors, and mental health correlates.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Sleep Health Behind Bars: A Global Scoping Review of Sleep in Carceral Settings.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Sleep disturbances among older adults from the Russian Far East experiencing social loss: is there a sex difference?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Sleep health inequities in vulnerable populations: Beyond sleep deserts.Sleep medicine: X · 2024Review
- Sleepless behind bars: the connection between mental health, environment, and sleep among women in jail.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 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
- Associations of substance abuse histories and gambling addiction history with post-traumatic stress symptoms and depressive symptoms among Chinese prisoners.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of sleep problems in a large prison in China.
methodsA total of 1491 incarcerated male adults (35.44 ± 9.67 years, range 18-69) were assessed by a self-administered structured questionnaire. Sleep duration, insomnia, sleep quality, substance abuse history, gambling history, traumatic life events, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms were measured. Type of offense, history of incarceration, sentence length, and duration in prison were recorded. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine correlated factors of sleep problems.
resultsOverall, 17.4% (95% CI 15.6-19.5%) slept less than 6 h at night, 35.6% (95% CI 33.2-38.0%) slept 6-7 h, and 47.0% (95% CI 44.5-49.6%) slept 7 h or more. The prevalence rates were 26.2% (95% CI 24.0-28.5%) for insomnia and 45.9% (95% CI 43.4-48.4%) for poor sleep quality. Multiple models showed that older age, being divorced/widowed, poor physical health, long duration in prison, drug use before incarceration, PTSD and depression were associated with short sleep duration; while older age, poor physical health, PTSD, depression, and gambling before incarceration were associated with increased incidence of insomnia, and that being divorced/widowed, poor physical health, PTSD, depression, smoking before incarceration were related to poor sleep quality.
conclusionsThese findings indicate that sleep loss, insomnia, and poor sleep quality are common in prisoners, and that sleep problems are associated with multiple psychosocial factors.
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