来自不同种族和种族背景的美国移民之间睡眠时间和睡眠质量的异质性
Xiaoyue Liu1, Junxin Li2, Yeilim Cho3
1New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
Sleep health
|May 22, 2024
概括
美国移民的睡眠模式因种族/种族和居住时间而有很大差异. 在不同移民群体中,美国长期居住与睡眠质量差有关.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 睡眠对于整体健康至关重要.
- 美国移民人口正在增长,但关于睡眠健康的研究不足.
- 了解不同移民群体的睡眠变化是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查种族/种族,美国居住时间和移民的睡眠模式之间的关系.
- 为了确定不同种族/族裔移民群体的具体睡眠特征.
- 探索住所长度所表明的同文化化如何影响睡眠.
主要方法:
- 来自2013-2018年国家健康访谈调查的全国代表性样本 (N=27,761) 的分析.
- 包括跨种族/族群的外国出生的成年人:非西班牙裔白人,非西班牙裔黑人,亚洲人 (中国人,菲律宾人,亚洲印度人) 和西班牙裔/拉丁裔.
- 根据居住时间 (<5,5-9,10-14,≥15年) 评估睡眠持续时间 (正常,短,长) 和睡眠质量差 (难以开始/维持睡眠,不休息醒来).
主要成果:
- 菲律宾和西班牙裔/拉丁裔移民报告的睡眠时间分别是最短和最长的.
- 在所有测量方面,非西班牙裔白人移民的睡眠质量低下率最高.
- 居住时间的延长 (≥15年) 与睡眠结果的恶化和睡眠质量中适度的种族/民族差异有显著的关联.
结论:
- 美国移民的睡眠模式存在显著的异质性.
- 睡眠的变化受到种族/种族和美国居住时间的影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定导致这些睡眠差异的因素,并为移民人口提供有针对性的干预措施.
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