"Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Little is known about the social determinants of sleep attainment. This study examines the relationship of race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and other factors upon sleep quality.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p&g...

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Main Authors: Patel Nirav P, Grandner Michael A, Xie Dawei, Branas Charles C, Gooneratne Nalaka
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/475
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author Patel Nirav P
Grandner Michael A
Xie Dawei
Branas Charles C
Gooneratne Nalaka
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Xie Dawei
Branas Charles C
Gooneratne Nalaka
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description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Little is known about the social determinants of sleep attainment. This study examines the relationship of race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and other factors upon sleep quality.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional survey of 9,714 randomly selected subjects was used to explore sleep quality obtained by self-report, in relation to socioeconomic factors including poverty, employment status, and education level. The primary outcome was poor sleep quality. Data were collected by the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Significant differences were observed in the outcome for race/ethnicity (African-American and Latino versus White: unadjusted OR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.24-2.05 and OR = 1.65, 95% CI 1.37-1.98, respectively) and income (below poverty threshold, unadjusted OR = 2.84, 95%CI 2.41-3.35). In multivariable modeling, health indicators significantly influenced sleep quality most prominently in poor individuals. After adjusting for socioeconomic factors (education, employment) and health indicators, the association of income and poor sleep quality diminished, but still persisted in poor Whites while it was no longer significant in poor African-Americans (adjusted OR = 1.95, 95% CI 1.47-2.58 versus OR = 1.16, 95% CI 0.87-1.54, respectively). Post-college education (adjusted OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.31-0.71) protected against poor sleep.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>A "sleep disparity" exists in the study population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and race. Factors such as employment, education and health status, amongst others, significantly mediated this effect only in poor subjects, suggesting a differential vulnerability to these factors in poor relative to non-poor individuals in the context of sleep quality. Consideration of this could help optimize targeted interventions in certain groups and subsequently reduce the adverse societal effects of poor sleep.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-819b190634154356a02fdb2e0d3345ab2022-12-22T03:10:11ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582010-08-0110147510.1186/1471-2458-10-475"Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicityPatel Nirav PGrandner Michael AXie DaweiBranas Charles CGooneratne Nalaka<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Little is known about the social determinants of sleep attainment. This study examines the relationship of race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and other factors upon sleep quality.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional survey of 9,714 randomly selected subjects was used to explore sleep quality obtained by self-report, in relation to socioeconomic factors including poverty, employment status, and education level. The primary outcome was poor sleep quality. Data were collected by the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Significant differences were observed in the outcome for race/ethnicity (African-American and Latino versus White: unadjusted OR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.24-2.05 and OR = 1.65, 95% CI 1.37-1.98, respectively) and income (below poverty threshold, unadjusted OR = 2.84, 95%CI 2.41-3.35). In multivariable modeling, health indicators significantly influenced sleep quality most prominently in poor individuals. After adjusting for socioeconomic factors (education, employment) and health indicators, the association of income and poor sleep quality diminished, but still persisted in poor Whites while it was no longer significant in poor African-Americans (adjusted OR = 1.95, 95% CI 1.47-2.58 versus OR = 1.16, 95% CI 0.87-1.54, respectively). Post-college education (adjusted OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.31-0.71) protected against poor sleep.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>A "sleep disparity" exists in the study population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and race. Factors such as employment, education and health status, amongst others, significantly mediated this effect only in poor subjects, suggesting a differential vulnerability to these factors in poor relative to non-poor individuals in the context of sleep quality. Consideration of this could help optimize targeted interventions in certain groups and subsequently reduce the adverse societal effects of poor sleep.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/475
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Grandner Michael A
Xie Dawei
Branas Charles C
Gooneratne Nalaka
"Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
BMC Public Health
title "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
title_full "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
title_fullStr "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
title_full_unstemmed "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
title_short "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
title_sort sleep disparity in the population poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity
url http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/475
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