ArticleSleep health2022
The association between traumatic life events and insomnia symptoms among men and women: Results from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area follow-up study.
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objectivesTrauma exposure likely contributes to poor sleep, but relatively few studies have empirically tested this, instead focusing on posttraumatic stress disorder. Moreover, little is known about sex differences in sleep after trauma. The current study used a cross-sectional and retrospective design to test hypotheses that trauma exposure would be associated with subsequent insomnia symptoms, particularly among women, even after accounting for important covariates.
methodData from Wave 3 (1993-1996) of the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (N = 1920) were used to examine associations between remote (prior to past year) and recent (past year) trauma and current sleep disturbance (insomnia, hypersomnia symptoms) in the total sample (M
resultsAmong all participants, both remote (odds ratio [OR] = 1.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.34, 2.85]) and recent (OR = 1.94, 95% CI [1.31, 2.87]) trauma exposure were associated with increased odds of insomnia (OR = 2.41, 95% CI [1.54, 3.76]) but not hypersomnia. Associations between trauma and insomnia were particularly strong among women, but null among men. The relationship between trauma exposure and insomnia symptoms persisted among individuals with no pretrauma history of insomnia.
conclusionResults suggest women may be vulnerable to insomnia symptoms as sequelae of trauma. Future research should examine prospective associations between trauma and sleep in larger samples and how assessment and treatment of insomnia among women trauma survivors reduces the public health impact of trauma and poor sleep.
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