2007年至2021年加拿大的夜间失眠症状趋势
Jean-Philippe Chaput1, Charles M Morin2, Rebecca Robillard3
1Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sleep medicine
|November 18, 2024
概括
加拿大失眠症状保持稳定,但越来越多地影响女性和受过中等教育的人. 对这些日益增长的风险群体需要有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
背景情况:
- 加拿大的失眠症状的国家估计已经过时了.
- 更新的数据对于制定针对睡眠障碍的有针对性的预防和干预策略至关重要.
- 这项研究解决了对加拿大失眠患病率和趋势的最新信息的需求.
研究的目的:
- 检查夜间失眠症状的流行率和趋势.
- 分析12岁及以上加拿大人的数据.
- 涵盖2007年至2021年的时间段.
主要方法:
- 利用了加拿大社区健康调查 (CCHS) 的数据.
- 采用了全国代表性的,重复的横截面调查设计.
- 定义夜间失眠症状为自我报告的困难入睡或保持睡眠.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,失眠症状保持稳定,但在特定的人口群体中增加.
- 成年人 (18-20%),特别是女性 (19-24%) 和中学毕业 (16-21%) 的患病率更高.
- 从2007年到2021年,夜间失眠症状在女性 (1.24倍) 和受过中等教育的人 (1.33倍) 中变得更为普遍,并且在自我感知健康,心理健康和生活满意度较差的人群中显著增加.
结论:
- 在加拿大,在14年的时间里,夜间失眠症状在加拿大持续高.
- 某些子群体,包括妇女和中等教育程度的人,受到越来越多的影响.
- 有针对性的公共卫生工作是必要的,以解决最受影响的人群的失眠问题.
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