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Linking emotional distress to unhealthy sleep duration: analysis of the 2009 National Health Interview Survey

Overview of attention for article published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, September 2015
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Title
Linking emotional distress to unhealthy sleep duration: analysis of the 2009 National Health Interview Survey
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, September 2015
DOI 10.2147/ndt.s77909
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Azizi A Seixas, Joao V Nunes, Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Natasha J Williams, Seithikurippu Ratnas Pandi-Perumal, Caryl C James, Girardin Jean-Louis

Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the independent association of emotional distress with unhealthy sleep duration (defined as <7 or >8 hours). Data from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a cross-sectional household survey, were analyzed to investigate the associations of emotional distress with unhealthy sleep durations, adjusting for sociodemographic factors, health risks, and chronic diseases through hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis. A total of 27,731 participants (age range 18-85 years) from the NHIS 2009 dataset were interviewed. Unhealthy sleep duration is defined as sleep duration <7 or >8 hours, whereas healthy sleep is defined as sleep duration lasting for 7-8 hours. Emotional distress is based on the Kessler 6 Non-Specific Distress Battery, which assesses the frequency of feeling sad, nervous, restless, hopeless, worthless, and burdened, over a 30-day period. Of the sample, 51.7% were female; 83.1% were white and 16.9% were black. Eleven percent experienced emotional distress and 37.6% reported unhealthy sleep. Adjusted logistic regression analysis revealed that individuals with emotional distress had 55% greater odds of reporting unhealthy sleep (odds ratio [OR] =1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] =1.42, 1.68, P<0.001). Emotional distress, an important proxy for poor psychological health, was a significant predictor of unhealthy sleep, independent of the influences of several factors including demographic (age, education, sex, race/ethnicity, and family income), health risks (alcohol consumption and smoking status), and chronic diseases/conditions (diabetes, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and arthritis).

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 16%
Student > Bachelor 10 11%
Researcher 9 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 8%
Librarian 6 7%
Other 22 25%
Unknown 19 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 29 33%
Psychology 15 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 13%
Social Sciences 3 3%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 20 23%
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#8,282,701
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#90,779
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