Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study
Poor sleep is a relatively common condition with possibly serious adverse health consequences. Lack of sleep affects the endocrine, immune, and nervous systems. In Cyprus, there is no information about the quality of sleep in the population. The goal of this study was to assess the quality of sleep...
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| description | Poor sleep is a relatively common condition with possibly serious adverse health consequences. Lack of sleep affects the endocrine, immune, and nervous systems. In Cyprus, there is no information about the quality of sleep in the population. The goal of this study was to assess the quality of sleep in the Cypriot population and evaluate its association with multimorbidity. A representative sample of the adult population of Cyprus was selected in 2018–2019 among the five government-controlled municipalities of the Republic of Cyprus using stratified sampling. Data on sleep quality as well as on the presence of chronic, clinical, and mental health conditions were collected using a validated questionnaire. Diseases were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). A total of 1,140 Cypriot men and women over 18-years of age (range: 18–94) participated in the study. The median Pittsburgh sleep quality index score of the participants was 5 (first quartile = 3, third quartile = 7) with the maximum score being 17, which suggests that the Cypriot population has a relatively good quality of sleep overall, although, almost one-third of the study population had a poor quality of sleep. Women, residents of Paphos, and married people had a poorer quality of sleep (p < 0.05). Having a poor quality of sleep was associated with higher odds of multimorbidity (OR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.55, 3.16), even after adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors. Adopting good sleep habits could be beneficial and would potentially help reduce the risk of multimorbidity. Public health guidelines regarding the importance of sleep and its association with multimorbidity should be considered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d8ab755204d435e8c0112dec482b8f32022-12-21T19:30:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-10-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.693332693332Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional StudyMaria Kyprianidou0Demosthenes Panagiotakos1Maria Kambanaros2Konstantinos C. Makris3Costas A. Christophi4Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CyprusDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaCyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CyprusCyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CyprusPoor sleep is a relatively common condition with possibly serious adverse health consequences. Lack of sleep affects the endocrine, immune, and nervous systems. In Cyprus, there is no information about the quality of sleep in the population. The goal of this study was to assess the quality of sleep in the Cypriot population and evaluate its association with multimorbidity. A representative sample of the adult population of Cyprus was selected in 2018–2019 among the five government-controlled municipalities of the Republic of Cyprus using stratified sampling. Data on sleep quality as well as on the presence of chronic, clinical, and mental health conditions were collected using a validated questionnaire. Diseases were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). A total of 1,140 Cypriot men and women over 18-years of age (range: 18–94) participated in the study. The median Pittsburgh sleep quality index score of the participants was 5 (first quartile = 3, third quartile = 7) with the maximum score being 17, which suggests that the Cypriot population has a relatively good quality of sleep overall, although, almost one-third of the study population had a poor quality of sleep. Women, residents of Paphos, and married people had a poorer quality of sleep (p < 0.05). Having a poor quality of sleep was associated with higher odds of multimorbidity (OR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.55, 3.16), even after adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors. Adopting good sleep habits could be beneficial and would potentially help reduce the risk of multimorbidity. Public health guidelines regarding the importance of sleep and its association with multimorbidity should be considered.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.693332/fullsleepquality of sleepmultimorbiditychronic diseaseCyprus |
| spellingShingle | Maria Kyprianidou Demosthenes Panagiotakos Maria Kambanaros Konstantinos C. Makris Costas A. Christophi Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study Frontiers in Public Health sleep quality of sleep multimorbidity chronic disease Cyprus |
| title | Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Quality of Sleep in the Cypriot Population and Its Association With Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | quality of sleep in the cypriot population and its association with multimorbidity a cross sectional study |
| topic | sleep quality of sleep multimorbidity chronic disease Cyprus |
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