ArticleNature and science of sleep2020
Sleep Health and Serious Psychological Distress: A Nationally Representative Study of the United States among White, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx Adults.
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- Psychological distress and mental health care utilization among Hispanic/Latino survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2023Article
- The perceived neighborhood walking environment and self-reported sleep health in a nationally representative sample of the United States.Health & place · 2023Article
- Examination of Behavioural Patterns of Psychological Distress and Evaluation of Related Factors: A latent class regression.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2023Article
- Geospatial Associations between Female Breast Cancer Mortality Rates and Environmental Socioeconomic Indicators for North Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Changes in household debt due to COVID-19 and mental health concerns among adults in Ontario, Canada.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2023Article
- Food insecurity and sleep health by race/ethnicity in the United States.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Discrimination and Health Among First-Generation Hispanic/Latinx Immigrants: the Roles of Sleep and Fatigue.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposePrior studies investigating the relationship between sleep and serious psychological distress (SPD) have lacked racial/ethnic diversity and generalizability. We investigated associations between sleep and SPD among a large, nationally representative, and racially/ethnically diverse sample of US adults.
methodsWe pooled cross-sectional data from the 2004 to 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Participants self-reported sleep duration and sleep disturbances (eg, trouble falling and staying asleep). SPD was defined as a Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) score ≥13. Adjusting for sociodemographic, health behavior, and clinical characteristics, we used Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of SPD for each sleep characteristic, overall and by race/ethnicity.
resultsAmong 316,840 participants, the mean age ± standard error was 46.9 ± 0.1 years, 52% were women, 75% were non-Hispanic (NH)-White, 16% NH-Black, and 9% Hispanic/Latinx. The prevalence of SPD was 3.4% for NH-Whites, 4.1% for NH-Blacks, and 4.5% for Hispanics/Latinxs. Participants with <7 hours versus 7-9 hours of sleep duration were more likely to have SPD, and the magnitude of the association was strongest among NH-Black participants (PR
conclusionPoor sleep health was positively associated with SPD, and the magnitude of the association was generally stronger among racial/ethnic minorities. Future investigations should prospectively focus on the determinants and health consequences of SPD attributable to objectively measured sleep across racial/ethnic groups.
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