ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2020
Sleep quality and its impacts on quality of life among military personnel in remote frontier areas and extreme cold environments.
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- Sleep and affect: A conceptual review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects and Mechanisms of Continuous 7-Day Hypobaric Hypoxia Exposure on Sleep Architecture in Rats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Sleep Quality and its Predictors in Brazilian Marines.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Article
- Sleep health and its correlates among male and female military recruits in Jordan: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Sleep quality and duration: A key to life satisfaction among military students.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- How Sleep Research in Extreme Environments Can Inform the Military: Advocating for a Transactional Model of Sleep Adaptation.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- Marital status and living apart affect sleep quality in male military personnel: a study of the China's Navy during COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Nanowired Delivery of Cerebrolysin Together with Antibodies to Amyloid Beta Peptide, Phosphorylated Tau, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induces Superior Neuroprotection in Alzheimer's Disease Brain Pathology Exacerbated by Sleep Deprivation.Advances in neurobiology · 2023Review
- The nexus between sleep disturbances and mental health outcomes in military staff: a systematic review.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Review
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Abstract
backgroundPoor sleep quality negatively affects the readiness of military operations and is also associated with the development of mental health disorders and decreased quality of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sleep quality of military personnel from remote boundaries of China and its relationship with coping strategies, anxiety, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
methodsA cross-sectional survey was performed among military officers and soldiers from a frontier defence department and an extreme cold environment. The participants were surveyed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).
resultsA total of 489 military officers and soldiers were included. The participants had a mean age of 22.29 years. The median overall PSQI score was 7.0 (IQR, 4.0 ~ 9.0), with 40.9% (200/489) of the subjects reporting poor sleep quality. The difficulties with sleep were mainly related to daytime dysfunction due to disrupted sleep, sleep latency, and subjective sleep quality. The median score of the SF-36 physical component was 83.5 (IQR, 73.0 ~ 90.5), and the median score of the mental component was 74.1 (IQR, 60.4 ~ 85.1). Significant correlations were found between the PSQI and SF-36 (r = - 0.435, P < 0.01). Anxiety symptoms, marital status, educational background, and global PSQI score were demonstrated as predictors of a low SF-36 physical component by multiple regression analysis (F = 17.06, P < 0.001, R
conclusionsSleep difficulty is a prevalent and underestimated problem in the military that negatively influences HRQoL, especially in physical and social functioning. Evaluation of and education on pain were recommended because of body pain and its negative impacts on sleep quality, coping strategies, anxious emotions and HRQoL.
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