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Luis Torre-Bouscoulet1, Cecilia Garcia Sancho, Juan Carlos Vázquez García
1Head of Department of Research in Epidemiology and Social Sciences in Health, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico.
Objectives:
We aimed to describe the distribution of self-reported sleep duration in adults over the age of 40 years and to analyze the associated risk factors, comorbid conditions, and quality of life (QoL).
Methods:
Our study was constructed as a cross-sectional population-based study and is part of the PLATINO (Spanish acronym for the Latin American Project for Research in Pulmonary Obstruction) study. It includes data from Mexico City (Mexico), Montevideo (Uruguay), Santiago (Chile), and Caracas (Venezuela). Data from 4533 individuals were analyzed using a single questionnaire entitled, PLATINO, which was designed to collect data on self-reported sleep symptoms. Spirometry also was performed in accordance with international standards. All statistical analyses took the study design into consideration with adjustments for each city.
Results:
The prevalence of subjects who reported sleeping <7h was 38.4%, ≥ 7 to <9h was 51.4%, and ≥ 9h was 10.2%. In the multivariate analysis, individuals with shorter sleep duration had higher frequencies of insomnia, increased forced expiratory volume in one second in liters and percentage/forced vital capacity in liters (FEV1/FVC) of predicted ratios, and a higher presence of coughing and phlegm. The main risk factor associated with longer duration of sleep was the number of comorbidities.
Conclusions:
Self-reported sleep duration discriminated among groups that differed in sleep-related symptoms, respiratory symptoms, QoL and comorbid conditions.
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