1
|
Way JAH, Ucak S, Martinez CA, Sutherland K, Cook KM, Cistulli PA, Bin YS. Monitoring the sleep health of adults: a scoping review of routine national surveillance systems. SLEEP ADVANCES : A JOURNAL OF THE SLEEP RESEARCH SOCIETY 2024; 5:zpae062. [PMID: 39314745 PMCID: PMC11417014 DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
Abstract
Study Objectives The aims of this review were to identify existing national surveillance systems monitoring one or more domains of sleep health in adults, and to describe the specific sleep health indicators used. Methods We systematically searched the gray and peer-reviewed literature for routinely conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal nationally representative health surveys that included the assessment of at least one domain of sleep health. The methodology involved: (1) targeted searches of the websites of national and international health agencies and statistics departments for 199 countries, (2) country-specific customized internet searches, and (3) country-specific electronic database searches of PubMed. Results A total of 19 762 records were identified from both the gray and peer-reviewed literature. Sleep health surveillance at the national level was conducted by 51 countries (25.6%) across 69 national health surveys. Sleep quality (96.1% of countries that surveilled sleep) was the most frequently assessed followed by sleep duration (27.5%), sleep medication use (25.5%), sleep disorders (17.6%), daytime alertness (15.7%), sleep satisfaction (15.7%), and sleep timing (7.8%). Additionally, 34.8% of the surveys utilized multiple sleep health indicators. Conclusions This study identified three significant gaps in the coverage of sleep health within national surveillance systems. Limited population sleep data in low- and middle-income countries, inconsistent use of sleep-related items in surveys and questionnaires, and substantial variability in the definitions of sleep health indicators. Advocacy for the inclusion of sleep health within national surveillance systems may be warranted given the important role sleep plays in public health.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Joshua A H Way
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Seren Ucak
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Chloe-Anne Martinez
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Kate Sutherland
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Kristina M Cook
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Peter A Cistulli
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Yu Sun Bin
- Sleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Moebus M, Holz C. Personalized interpretable prediction of perceived sleep quality: Models with meaningful cardiovascular and behavioral features. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0305258. [PMID: 38976698 PMCID: PMC11230538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Understanding a person's perceived quality of sleep is an important problem, but hard due to its poor definition and high intra- as well as inter-individual variation. In the short term, sleep quality has an established impact on cognitive function during the following day as well as on fatigue. In the long term, good quality sleep is essential for mental and physical health and contributes to quality of life. Despite the need to better understand sleep quality as an early indicator for sleep disorders, perceived sleep quality has been rarely modeled for multiple consecutive days using biosignals. In this paper, we present novel insights on the association of cardiac activity and perceived sleep quality using an interpretable modeling approach utilizing the publicly available intensive-longitudinal study M2Sleep. Our method takes as input signals from commodity wearable devices, including motion and blood volume pulses. Despite processing only simple and clearly interpretable features, we achieve an accuracy of up to 70% with an AUC of 0.76 and reduce the error by up to 36% compared to related work. We further argue that collected biosignals and sleep quality labels should be normalized per-participant to enable a medically insightful analysis. Coupled with explainable models, this allows for the interpretations of effects on perceived sleep quality. Analysis revealed that besides higher skin temperature and sufficient sleep duration, especially higher average heart rate while awake and lower minimal activity of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system while asleep increased the chances of higher sleep quality.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Max Moebus
- Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Christian Holz
- Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Lee E, Lee H. Clinical and Polysomnographic Characteristics of Adult Patients with Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea from Different Sleep Clinics at a Single Tertiary Center. Neurol Ther 2024; 13:399-414. [PMID: 38308801 PMCID: PMC10951132 DOI: 10.1007/s40120-024-00581-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The characteristics of patients across different sleep clinics may vary because they selectively visit specific specialists on the basis of their primary symptoms. This study aimed to compare the clinical and polysomnography (PSG) features of patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) at three sleep specialty clinics (otolaryngology [ENT], neurology [NR], and psychiatry [PSY]). METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records and PSG reports of adult patients who underwent full-night PSG between January 2022 and June 2023 at a tertiary medical center. The demographic, questionnaire, and PSG variables were compared. RESULTS Of the 407 patients, 83.0% exhibited sleep-disordered breathing (apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 5) with varying severity among the specialty pathways. Patients in the ENT group (n = 231) were the youngest and had the shortest sleep latency and most severe OSA markers with the highest positive airway pressure (PAP) acceptance, while those in the NR group (n = 79) had similar OSA-related PSG parameters to those in the ENT group but were older and had more OSA-related comorbidities, although their PAP acceptance was relatively low. The PSY group (n = 97) included a significant proportion of patients with normal or mild OSA, a female majority, high levels of depression, and subjective sleep distress. CONCLUSION Our results highlight the multidisciplinary aspects of sleep medicine and diverse patients, and specialist needs for diagnosing sleep disorders and PAP acceptance. Exploring the potential differences in prognosis and treatment responses across various sleep specialty clinics would facilitate the development of personalized strategies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Eunmi Lee
- Department of Neurology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 25, Daehakbyeongwon-Ro, Dong-Gu, Ulsan, 44033, Republic of Korea.
| | - Hyunjo Lee
- Department of Neurology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 25, Daehakbyeongwon-Ro, Dong-Gu, Ulsan, 44033, Republic of Korea
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
de Araujo Dantas AB, Gonçalves FM, Martins AA, Alves GÂ, Stechman-Neto J, Corrêa CDC, Santos RS, Nascimento WV, de Araujo CM, Taveira KVM. Worldwide prevalence and associated risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Sleep Breath 2023; 27:2083-2109. [PMID: 36971971 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-023-02810-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE This study aimed to identify the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and associated risk factors globally. METHODS Six databases and registrations and three grey databases were explored for observational field research. Independently and impartially paired reviewers selected research, gathered data, and evaluated the methodological quality. Heterogeneity was investigated using subgroup analysis and meta-regression following the moderating variable in a meta-analysis of proportions with a random-effects model. The critical appraisal instrument developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute was used to evaluate the listed studies' methodology. The certainty of the evidence was evaluated using the GRADE tool. RESULTS A total of 8236 articles were collected during the database search, resulting in 99 articles included for qualitative synthesis, and 98 articles were included for the meta-analysis. The estimated combined prevalence of OSA was 54% [CI 95% = 46-62%; I2 = 100%]. Mean age, percentage of moderate-severe cases, and the sample's body mass index (BMI) did not affect the heterogeneity that was already present when meta-regressed (p > 0.05). Ninety-one studies were deemed to have a low risk of bias, while eight were deemed to have a moderate risk. For OSA prevalence outcomes, the GRADE criteria were considered very low. CONCLUSION Approximately half of the people worldwide have OSA. High BMI, increasing age, and male gender are described as risk factors in the literature, but these covariates do not affect pre-existing heterogeneity.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Anna Beatriz de Araujo Dantas
- Department of Morphology - Center of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), BR 101- Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN - 59072-970, Brazil
| | - Flávio Magno Gonçalves
- Tuiuti University of Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, Brazil
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
| | - Agnes Andrade Martins
- Department of Morphology - Center of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), BR 101- Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN - 59072-970, Brazil
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
| | | | - José Stechman-Neto
- Tuiuti University of Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, Brazil
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
| | - Camila de Castro Corrêa
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
- Planalto University Center of the Federal District (UNIPLAN), Brasília, Brazil
| | - Rosane Sampaio Santos
- Tuiuti University of Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, Brazil
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
| | - Weslania Viviane Nascimento
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
- Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Cristiano Miranda de Araujo
- Tuiuti University of Paraná (UTP), Curitiba, Brazil
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil
| | - Karinna Veríssimo Meira Taveira
- Department of Morphology - Center of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), BR 101- Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN - 59072-970, Brazil.
- Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (NARSM), Curitiba, Brazil.
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Shah N, Reid M, Mani V, Kundel V, Kaplan RC, Kizer JR, Fayad ZA, Shea S, Redline S. Sleep apnea and carotid atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): leveraging state-of-the-art vascular imaging. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2023; 39:621-630. [PMID: 36316593 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-022-02743-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE To further characterize the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and carotid atherosclerosis, we examined the structural and metabolic features of carotid plaque using hybrid 18-F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). METHODS We studied 46 individuals from the MESA-PET and MESA-Sleep ancillary studies. OSA was defined as an apnea hypopnea index [AHI] ≥ 15 events per hour (4% desaturation). PET/MRI was used to measure carotid plaque inflammation (using target-to-background-ratios [TBR]) and carotid wall thickness (CWT). Linear regression was used to assess the associations between OSA, CWT and TBR. RESULTS The mean age was 67.9 years (SD 8.53) and the mean BMI was 28.9 kg/m2 (SD 4.47). There was a trend toward a higher mean CWT in the OSA (n = 11) vs. non-OSA group (n = 35), 1.51 vs. 1.41 (p = 0.098). TBR did not differ by OSA groups, and there was no significant association between OSA and carotid plaque inflammation (TBR) in adjusted analyses. Although there was a significant interaction between OSA and obesity, there were no statistically significant associations between OSA and vascular inflammation in stratified analysis by obesity. CONCLUSION Despite a trend toward a higher carotid wall thickness in OSA vs. non-OSA participants, we did not find an independent association between OSA and carotid plaque inflammation using PET/MRI in MESA. Our findings suggest that simultaneous assessments of structural and metabolic features of atherosclerosis may fill current knowledge gaps pertaining to the influence of OSA on atherosclerosis prevalence and progression.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Neomi Shah
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
| | - Michelle Reid
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Venkatesh Mani
- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Vaishnavi Kundel
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Robert C Kaplan
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Jorge R Kizer
- Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Zahi A Fayad
- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Steven Shea
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
| | - Susan Redline
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Hsu YS, Chen TY, Wu D, Lin CM, Juang JN, Liu WT. Screening of obstructive sleep apnea in patients who snore using a patch-type device with electrocardiogram and 3-axis accelerometer. J Clin Sleep Med 2021; 16:1149-1160. [PMID: 32267228 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) remain undiagnosed because of the lack of easy and comfortable screening tools. Through this study, we aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of chest wall motion and cyclic variation of heart rate (CVHR) in detecting OSA by using a single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) patch with a 3-axis accelerometer. METHODS In total, 119 patients who snore simultaneously underwent polysomnography with a single-lead ECG patch. Signals of chest wall motion and CVHR from the single-lead ECG patch were collected. The chest effort index (CEI) was calculated using the chest wall motion recorded by a 3-axis accelerometer in the device. The ability of CEI and CVHR indices in diagnosing moderate-to-severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 15) was compared using the area under the curve (AUC) by using the DeLong test. RESULTS CVHR detected moderate-to-severe OSA with 52.9% sensitivity and 94.1% specificity (AUC: 0.76, 95% confidence interval: 0.67-0.84, optimal cutoff: 21.2 events/h). By contrast, CEI identified moderate-to-severe OSA with 80% sensitivity and 79.4% specificity (AUC: 0.87, 95% confidence interval: 0.80-0.94, optimal cutoff: 7.1 events/h). CEI significantly outperformed CVHR regarding the discrimination ability for moderate-to-severe OSA (ΔAUC: 0.11, 95% confidence interval: 0.009-0.21, P = .032). For determining severe OSA, the performance of discrimination ability was greater (AUC = 0.90, 95% confidence interval: 0.85-0.95) when combining these two signals. CONCLUSIONS Both CEI and CVHR recorded from a patch-type device with ECG and a 3-axis accelerometer can be used to detect moderate-to-severe OSA. Thus, incorporation of CEI is helpful in the detection of sleep apnea by using a single-lead ECG with a 3-axis accelerometer.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ying-Shuo Hsu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Tien-Yu Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Dean Wu
- Sleep Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chia-Mo Lin
- Division of Chest Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Jer-Nan Juang
- Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Te Liu
- Sleep Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Sleep Science Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Lavigne G, Herrero Babiloni A, Beetz G, Dal Fabbro C, Sutherland K, Huynh N, Cistulli P. Critical Issues in Dental and Medical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. J Dent Res 2019; 99:26-35. [DOI: 10.1177/0022034519885644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
This critical review focuses on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its management from a dental medicine perspective. OSA is characterized by ≥10-s cessation of breathing (apnea) or reduction in airflow (hypopnea) ≥5 times per hour with a drop in oxygen and/or rise in carbon dioxide. It can be associated with sleepiness and fatigue, impaired mood and cognition, cardiometabolic complications, and risk for transportation and work accidents. Although sleep apnea is diagnosed by a sleep physician, its management is interdisciplinary. The dentist’s role includes 1) screening patients for OSA risk factors (e.g., retrognathia, high arched palate, enlarged tonsils or tongue, enlarged tori, high Mallampati score, poor sleep, supine sleep position, obesity, hypertension, morning headache or orofacial pain, bruxism); 2) referring to an appropriate health professional as indicated; and 3) providing oral appliance therapy followed by regular dental and sleep medical follow-up. In addition to the device features and provider expertise, anatomic, behavioral, demographic, and neurophysiologic characteristics can influence oral appliance effectiveness in managing OSA. Therefore, OSA treatment should be tailored to each patient individually. This review highlights some of the putative action mechanisms related to oral appliance effectiveness and proposes future research directions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- G.J. Lavigne
- Faculté de médicine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Research Center, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
| | - A. Herrero Babiloni
- Faculté de médicine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Research Center, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
| | - G. Beetz
- Research Center, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada
| | | | - K. Sutherland
- Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - N. Huynh
- Faculté de médicine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
| | - P.A. Cistulli
- Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Jin L, Zhou J, Peng H, Ding S, Yuan H. Investigation on dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep in Chinese college students. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2018; 14:1425-1432. [PMID: 29910619 PMCID: PMC5989819 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s155722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to evaluate a subset of sleep-related cognitions and to examine whether dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep were associated with sleep quality in college students. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 1,333 college students were enrolled in this study by randomized cluster sampling. A brief version of Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Scale (DBAS-16) was administered to college students at several colleges. Sleep quality was also assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The DBAS-16 scores were analyzed across different demographic variables, corresponding subscales of 7-item PSQI, and relevant sleep behavior variables. RESULTS A total of 343 participants were poor sleepers, while 990 were good sleepers, as defined by PSQI. The DBAS-16 scores were lower in poor sleepers than in good sleepers (46.32 ± 7.851 vs 49.87 ± 8.349, p < 0.001), and DBAS-16 scores were lower in females and nonmedical students when compared with those in males and medical students, respectively (48.20 ± 8.711 vs 49.73 ± 7.923, p = 0.001; 48.56 ± 8.406 vs 49.88 ± 8.208, p = 0.009, respectively). The total score for sleep quality, as measured by PSQI, was negatively correlated with the DBAS-16 total score (r = -0.197, p < 0.01). There were significant differences in PSQI scores between individuals with attitudes and those without attitudes about sleep with respect to good sleep habits (p < 0.001), self-relaxation (p = 0.001), physical exercise (p < 0.001), taking sleeping pills (p = 0.004), and taking no action (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Dysfunctional beliefs about sleep are associated with sleep quality and should be discouraged, especially for females and nonmedical college students.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lairun Jin
- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
| | - Jun Zhou
- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
| | - Hui Peng
- Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
| | - Shushu Ding
- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
| | - Hui Yuan
- School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|