Social Deprivation and Ethnicity Are Associated with More Problematic Sleep in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: We test the hypothesis that the incidence of sleep problems is influenced by socio-demographic variables, particularly social deprivation and ethnicity. Methods: Self-reports of sleep duration and sleep difficulties (waking in the night, sleeping in the day, difficulty waking and snoring), personal wealth (household income, property-owning, etc.), ethnic group, employment, education, as well as post-code-based Townsend Social Deprivation, were extracted from UK Biobank's cohort of c500,000 British-domiciled adults (40-70 years). Analyses contrasted the incidence of different sleep problems and a composite measure of these (the Problematic Sleep Index) across groups. Results: Almost one-third of participants reported sleeping shorter (24.7%), or longer (7.7%

SUBMITTER: Groeger JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10443366 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature