Prescription medications for sleep disturbances among midlife women during 2 years of follow-up: a SWAN retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of prescription sleep medications on patient-reported sleep disturbances.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

Longitudinal cohort of community-dwelling women in the USA.

Participants

Racially and ethnically diverse middle-aged women who reported a sleep disturbance.

Interventions

New users of prescription sleep medications propensity score matched to women not starting sleep medications.

Main outcomes and measures

Self-reported sleep disturbance during the previous 2 weeks-difficulty initiating sleep, waking frequently and early morning awakening-using a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from no difficulty on any night (rating 1) to difficulty on 5 or more nights a week (rating 5). Sleep disturbances were compared at

SUBMITTER: Solomon DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127972 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature