Associations of adverse childhood and lifetime experiences with sleep quality and duration among women in midlife.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many women experience sleep problems during midlife. Associations of adverse lifetime experiences-more common among women-with sleep outcomes are understudied.

Methods

We studied 476 women enrolled in Project Viva 1999-2002. At enrollment, participants reported any lifetime history of abuse and/or financial hardship. At midlife follow-up ∼20 years later, they reported a history of up to 10 adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); 7-day sleep quality (patient-reported outcomes measurement information system sleep disturbance and sleep-related impairment T-scores); and past month average sleep duration. We examined associations of adverse experiences with sleep outcomes, adjusted for childhood sociodemographic variables. We also explored mediation by current depression

SUBMITTER: Oken E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature