学生军人/退伍军人的睡眠健康国家研究
Phillip A Morris1, Keston G Lindsay2, Patience Agana1
1Leadership, Research, and Foundations, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH
|November 15, 2023
概括
学生服务人员/退伍军人 (SSM/Vs) 经历更多的睡眠障碍,如失眠. 高等教育应该培养工作人员来支持SSM/Vs.
科学领域:
- 睡眠健康 睡眠健康
- 学生服务成员/退伍军人 (SSM/Vs)
- 高等教育健康的健康.
背景情况:
- 学生服务人员/退伍军人 (SSM/Vs) 在高等教育中代表着一个独特的群体.
- 了解他们特定的健康需求,包括睡眠,对于学业成功和整体福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查和比较学生服务人员/退伍军人 (SSM/Vs) 的睡眠健康与高等教育机构的非SSM/V同行.
- 为了确定SSM/Vs中普遍存在的特定睡眠问题.
主要方法:
- 使用了来自国家大学健康评估 (2018年和2019年) 的数据,样本规模大.
- 员工倾向得分匹配,以创建可比的SSM/Vs和非SSM/Vs组.
- 进行多变量协变性分析 (MANCOVA) 来分析睡眠健康变量.
主要成果:
- 与同龄人相比,SSM/V报告的睡眠困难和过早醒来的情况明显更高.
- 在SSM/V中,诊断失眠和睡眠障碍的比率更高.
- 尽管有睡眠挑战,SSM/Vs报告说,感觉睡觉的日子更少,睡眠问题的学术影响与对照组相似.
结论:
- 学生服务人员/退伍军人 (SSM/Vs) 面临着独特的睡眠健康挑战,需要注意.
- 高等教育机构应实施有针对性的支持系统.
- 建议对教师和工作人员进行培训,以识别和解决睡眠健康不良对SSM/Vs的影响.
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