Association of changes in lifestyle with changes in sleep difficulties: an analysis of 38 400 participants over a 16-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the association between changes in lifestyle risk factors and changes is sleep difficulties.

Design

Longitudinal repeated measures cohort study.

Setting

University and national institute of occupational health.

Participants

Participants of the Finnish Public Sector study with information on sleep and lifestyle-related risk factors collected in five repeat surveys with 4-year intervals from 2000 to 2017. The participants were those, who had responded at least twice and had a change in sleep difficulties (having sleep difficulties vs not) (142 969 observations from 38 400 respondents (mean age 45.5 (SD 9.2) years, 83% women).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Changes in sleep quality over time. Longitudinal fixed effects anal

SUBMITTER: Saltychev M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524278 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature