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Sleep difficulties, pain and other correlates.

P F Moffitt1, E C Kalucy, R S Kalucy

  • 1Southern Community Health Research Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.

Journal of Internal Medicine
|September 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Pain and anxiety are key factors contributing to sleep problems, alongside age and somatic health. These elements significantly impact sleep quality and duration in the general population.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Gerontology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Sleep problems are a prevalent issue affecting community health.
  • Understanding the multifactorial determinants of sleep disturbances is crucial for effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify key demographic and health-related factors associated with sleep problems in a large community sample.
  • To quantify the contribution of these factors to overall sleep disturbance variance.

Main Methods:

  • A multiple regression analysis was conducted using data from a large community health survey.
  • Variables examined included pain, anxiety, age, somatic health, income, weight, depression, and sex.

Main Results:

  • Pain, anxiety, age, somatic health, and annual household income were the strongest predictors of sleep problems, explaining 22% of the variance.

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  • Arthritis was strongly associated with pain, partially explaining the age-related increase in sleep issues.
  • Anxiety, pain, and poor somatic health were linked to difficulty staying asleep, taking longer to fall asleep, and waking early.

    • Conclusions:

    • Pain and anxiety are significant contributors to various aspects of sleep problems, including difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep.
    • Somatic health and age also play important roles, with arthritis-associated pain potentially mediating the age-sleep problem relationship.
    • While other factors were considered, pain and anxiety emerged as primary targets for addressing sleep disturbances in community health settings.