失眠严重程度的心理和人口预测因素:来自厄瓜多尔社区样本的证据
Daniel Oleas1, Paula Alvarado-Zurita2, Elías Briones3
1Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Ecotec, Km. 13.5 Samborondón, Samborondón EC092302, Ecuador.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 27, 2025
概括
压力和焦虑等心理因素显著预测厄瓜多尔成年人的失眠严重程度. 人口统计学因素没有显著影响,强调了对睡眠健康的综合心理健康干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
背景情况:
- 失眠是一种广泛存在的睡眠障碍,对公共健康有重大影响.
- 在拉丁美洲,心理和人口因素在失眠严重程度上的相互作用是不充分研究的.
- 厄瓜多尔成年人的睡眠健康是研究的关键领域.
研究的目的:
- 调查感知压力,普遍焦虑和社会人口统计学变量对失眠严重性的预测作用.
- 检查厄瓜多尔成年人口中心理和人口统计因素的综合贡献.
- 为了确定失眠严重程度的关键预测因素,针对性干预措施.
主要方法:
- 698名厄瓜多尔成年人的社区样本完成了一项在线调查.
- 使用了经过验证的仪器:失眠严重程度指数 (ISI),感知压力量表 (PSS-10) 和通用焦虑障碍量表 (GAD-7).
- 进行了层次线性回归分析,以评估预测因素的贡献.
主要成果:
- 社会人口统计学变量 (年龄,性别,就业,社会经济水平) 并没有显著预测失眠严重程度 (R2 = 0.007).
- 感知到的压力成为一个强有力的预测因素 (ΔR2 = 0.207,p < 0.001).
- 泛性焦虑进一步解释了失眠严重程度的差异 (ΔR2 = 0.074,p < 0.001),而这两个心理因素都独立地发挥了作用.
结论:
- 心理因素,特别是压力和焦虑,占失眠严重程度差异的很大一部分 (近三分之一).
- 这些发现强调了心理健康在睡眠障碍中的关键作用.
- 建议综合心理干预来改善厄瓜多尔的睡眠健康.
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