Sleep-related symptoms of midlife women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and sleep-related symptoms among midlife women from four major racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

Methods

The data from 164 participants of two larger Internet survey studies (62 women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and 102 women without diabetes) were included. In the original studies, multiple instruments including the questions on background characteristics, health status, and menopause status and the Sleep Index for Midlife Women were used. The data were analyzed using χ tests, independent t tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses.

Results

The mean total number of sleep-related symptoms was significantly higher in those

SUBMITTER: Im EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7951177 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature