SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
A Systematic Review of the Impact of Wildfires on Sleep Disturbances.
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- The Mental Health Impacts of Wildfire Exposure: A Scoping Review of the Quantitative Evidence.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Sleepless in Society: Introducing the Concept of Public Sleep.Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Disaster Exposure and Insomnia Severity During 7⋅20 Flood in Henan: The Moderated Mediation Model.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
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- Mitigating Psychological Problems Associated with the 2023 Wildfires in Alberta and Nova Scotia: Six-Week Outcomes from the Text4Hope Program.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Differences in Anxiety, Insomnia, and Trauma Symptoms in Wildfire Survivors from Australia, Canada, and the United States of America.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Extreme weather events and HIV: development of a conceptual framework through qualitative interviews with people with HIV impacted by the California wildfires and their clinicians.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Wildfire-related smoke inhalation worsens cardiovascular risk in sleep disrupted rats.Frontiers in environmental health · 2023Article
- Associations Among Noise Sensitivity, Insomnia, and Sleep Quality in Earthquake Survivors Residing in Container Homes.Noise & healthArticle
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Abstract
Wildfires present a serious risk to humans as well as to the environment. Wildfires cause loss of lives, economic losses, expose people to personal as well as collective trauma, and compromise the mental health of survivors. Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent following a traumatic event; however, their prevalence is not well established amongst those confronted by natural disasters such as wildfires. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesise the empirical findings pertaining to wildfires and the prevalence of sleep disturbances in the general community affected by this natural disaster. We searched EBSCO, PsychINFO, Medline, SpringerLink, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane Library between January 2012 and March 2021. Five studies met the inclusion criteria. Findings from this systematic review suggest that sleep disturbances, assessed one to ten months following the fires, are highly prevalent in wildfire survivors, with insomnia (ranging between 63-72.5%) and nightmares (ranging between 33.3-46.5%), being the most prevalent sleep disturbances reported in this cohort. Results also highlight the significant associations between sleep disturbances and post-traumatic symptoms following the trauma of wildfires. There is a possible link between sleep disturbance prevalence, severity of, and proximity to fires.
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