无家可归的年轻人之间的睡眠和心理健康:一个回顾性试点日记研究
Mia Budescu1, Anne Reid1, Amanda Sisselman-Borgia2
1Department of Psychology, Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA.
Sleep health
|November 21, 2023
概括
无家可归的年轻人通常每晚睡眠时间少于7小时,睡眠质量差与更高的抑郁和焦虑有关. 环境因素,如噪音和缺乏隐私在避难所恶化睡眠和体质症状.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 无家可归的年轻人面临着影响他们的健康和福祉的重大挑战.
- 睡眠障碍在弱势群体中很常见,但在无家可归的年轻人中缺乏研究.
- 了解睡眠状况对于解决这一人口群体的健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述无家可归的年轻人的夜间睡眠状况.
- 调查睡眠和心理健康结果之间的截面和纵向关联.
- 为了确定影响该人口睡眠质量的环境因素.
主要方法:
- 一项基线调查评估了147名无家可归青年 (16-24岁) 的睡眠和心理健康状况.
- 一个子样本 (n=49) 完成了对睡眠条件和日常症状的7天日记研究.
- 统计分析包括横截面比较和多层次建模.
主要成果:
- 71%的年轻人报告每晚睡眠时间少于7小时,睡眠不足很普遍,特别是在LGBTQ+年轻人中.
- 自我报告的睡眠质量差与较高的抑郁和焦虑症状相关.
- 日记数据显示,缺乏隐私,噪音和温度是庇护所中关键睡眠干扰因素.
- 睡眠条件不佳预测第二天身体症状增加.
结论:
- 环境因素对无家可归的年轻人睡眠健康有重大影响,他们无法控制自己的睡眠条件.
- 睡眠不足和环境压力因素加剧了现有的健康差异.
- 解决庇护所中的环境破坏对于改善睡眠和减轻长期健康后果至关重要.
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