Associations of unconventional natural gas development with depression symptoms and disordered sleep in Pennsylvania.

ABSTRACT: Environmental and community factors may influence the development or course of depression and sleep problems. We evaluated the association of unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) with depression symptoms and disordered sleep diagnoses using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 and electronic health record data among Geisinger adult primary care patients in Pennsylvania. Participants received a retrospective metric for UNGD at their residence (very low, low, medium, and high) that incorporated dates and durations of well development, distance from patient homes to wells, and well characteristics. Analyses included 4,762 participants with no (62%), mild (23%), moderate (10%), and moderately severe or severe (5%) depression symptoms in 2014-2015 and 3,868 disordered sleep diagnoses bet

SUBMITTER: Casey JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063969 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature