Adapting the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework to understand the association between stigma and sleep deficiency: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sleep deficiency and sleep disorders disproportionally affect socially disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups. Recent evidence suggests that stigma, a social process characterized by labeling, stereotyping, and prejudice, is associated with sleep characteristics.

Purpose

Guided by the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework, the purpose of this systematic review is to describe associations between dimensions of stigma and sleep deficiency and to identify future directions for research.

Methods

We searched the OVIDPsycINFO, OVIDEMASE, OVIDMEDLINE, and CINAHL databases for empirical research studies that reported relationships between the 3 dimensions of stigma-internalized, perceived, and anticipated-and characteristics of sleep deficiency-d

SUBMITTER: Nwanaji-Enwerem U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature