Relationship between sleep duration and quality and glycated hemoglobin, body mass index, and self-reported health in Marshallese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To document sleep duration and sleep quality among a sample of Marshallese adults and to examine if sleep duration and quality are associated with type 2 diabetes, body mass index (BMI), and self-reported health in the Marshallese population.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of a staff-administered survey.

Setting

Thirty Marshallese churches in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Participants

The study includes 378 Marshallese participants, 56.6% female, with a mean age of 42.4 years (±11.6). Recruitment was limited to participants who were considered overweight, with a BMI >25 kg/m².

Measures

Staff-administered surveys were used to collect data on sleep duration, sleep quality, and self-reported health. Clinical measures were collected by trained

SUBMITTER: McElfish PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756819 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature