Sleep quality and its relationship to mental health, physical health and health behaviours among young adults with serious mental illness enrolled in a lifestyle intervention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To characterize subjective sleep quality and examine its associations with mental health, physical health and health behaviours in a transdiagnostic sample of young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) enrolled in a lifestyle intervention trial.

Methods

Baseline data from a lifestyle intervention trial with young adults (ages 18-35 years) with SMI included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), mental health, physical health and health behaviour outcomes. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression were used in analyses.

Results

Of 150 participants, 76% were categorized with poor sleep quality. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with sleep quality (β = .438, p < .001); however, no association was found with physical health and heal

SUBMITTER: Aschbrenner KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047807 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature