The association of stress and work hours with sleep duration and insomnia symptoms among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Black adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine associations between stress and work hours with sleep duration and insomnia symptoms among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Black adults.

Design

A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health Interview Survey.

Participants

Black adults (N = 16,315) with a mean age of 40 ± 0.1 years, mostly women (52.7%), college graduates (40.7%), and U.S.-born (82.5%).

Measurements

Participants self-reported sleep duration, insomnia symptoms, frequent stress (yes/no), and work hours in the prior week (1-39 hours, 40 hours, ≥41 hours). Poisson regression with robust variance was used to test associations overall and by nativity.

Results

Working ≥41 hours, frequent stress, and short sleep duration (<7 hours) were reported by 22%, 24.9%, and 43% of partic

SUBMITTER: Labaran RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature