Relationship between sleep disorders and depressive symptoms among young women in Japan: a web-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Japanese people are known to get the least amount of sleep in the world, and in particular, the increase in sleep deprived young women is a serious problem. Sleep deprivation is considered to be associated with depression, but the factors involved in this problem are unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between sociodemographic factors, lifestyle choices, sleep-related characteristics and depressive symptoms in young Japanese women.

Design

Web-based cross-sectional study.

Participants

We distributed an online survey aiming to recruit young Japanese women ages 18 to 29 from 8 November 2022 to 2 February 2023.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Sociodemographic, lifestyle, health, and sleep characteristics were compared among partic

SUBMITTER: Tashiro T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815467 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature