在美国成年人代表性的横截面样本中,社会经济地位和睡眠时间
Sarah Wetzel1, Usama Bilal2,3
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA. saw369@drexel.edu.
BMC public health
|December 19, 2024
概括
较低的社会经济地位 (SES) 与美国成年人的睡眠时间不长有关. 这包括工作日和非工作日的睡眠不足,突出了健康差异. 需要进一步的研究和干预措施.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 睡眠不足是美国成年人普遍存在的问题,影响身体和精神健康.
- 虽然研究了物质使用和年龄等风险因素,但社会经济地位 (SES) 和睡眠时间之间的联系仍然不清楚.
- 本研究研究了三个SES指标与美国成年人睡眠时间之间的关联.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国成年人贫困,教育,粮食安全和睡眠时间之间的关系.
- 确定SES指标是否与工作日和非工作日睡眠时间不足有关.
- 探索SES和过度睡眠时间之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 利用了2017年至2020年3月国家健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES) 的数据,不包括25岁以下的个人.
- 运行SES使用贫困与收入比率,教育程度和粮食安全状况,与缺失数据归因.
- 通过SES指标计算睡眠不足 (<7小时) 和睡眠过度 (≥9小时) 的患病率,使用加权波桑回归计算.
主要成果:
- 较低的收入,教育和粮食安全显著与工作日和非工作日睡眠不足的更高患病率有关.
- 低收入人士在工作日睡眠不足的患病率是工作日的1.22倍,在非工作日的2.08倍.
- 较低的SES也与更高的过度睡眠 (≥9小时) 患病率有关,在非工作日观察到的差异更大.
结论:
- 社会经济地位指标与美国成年人睡眠时间有显著的关联.
- 较低的SES与睡眠不足的患病率增加相关,对幸福感产生影响.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施和进一步的研究来解决这种健康差异.
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