HIV status and sleep disturbance in college students and relationship with smoking.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Adults with HIV have greater sleep difficulties and are more likely to smoke cigarettes. We tested whether current smoking plays a role in sleep difficulties experienced by young adults with HIV. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Data were from the 2011-2014 waves of the National College Health Assessment, an annual survey conducted by the American College Health Association. PARTICIPANTS:108,159 (including N = 224 HIV positive) college students provided data for this study. MEASUREMENTS:Health conditions (including HIV positive status) were self-reported. Participants were also asked whether "sleep difficulties" were "traumatic or difficult for you to handle" over the past 12 months. Smoking was self-reported (smokers reported smoking on at least 20 of the last 30 days). Logistic

SUBMITTER: Patterson F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6876688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature