Hayden D Mountcastle1, Su Hyun Park1, Yazan A Al-Ajlouni1, William C Goedel1, Stephanie Cook2, Sonia Lupien3, Ezemenari M Obasi4, Lauren Hale5, Girardin Jean-Louis1, Susan Redline6, Dustin T Duncan7. 1. Spatial Epidemiology Lab, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. 2. Department of Biostatistics, New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA. 3. Centre for Studies on Human Stress, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. 4. Department of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences, College of Education, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. 5. Program in Public Health, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 7. Spatial Epidemiology Lab, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Dustin.Duncan@nyumc.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the association between perceived stress and sleep health among a sample of sexual minority men (SMM). DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Paris, France. PARTICIPANTS: Gay, bisexual and other SMM users ≥18 years on a geosocial networking application in Paris, France (N = 580). MEASUREMENTS: Participants were directed to a web-based survey measuring stress, sleep health, and socio-demographics. Multivariate log-binomial regression models were used to estimate the adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to examine how stress may affect different dimensions of sleep health: 1) poor sleep quality, 2) short sleep duration, 3) problems falling asleep, and 4) problems staying awake in the daytime. RESULTS: Most participants (69.9%) reported at least sometimes feeling stressed (compared to never or rarely). Additionally, results demonstrate that higher perceived stress was associated with poorer sleep health; compared with those who reported feeling stress never or rarely, those who felt stress sometimes, often, or always were more likely to experience poor sleep quality (aRR = 6.67; 95% CI = 3.61-12.3), short sleep duration (aRR = 1.67; 95% CI = 1.17-2.38), problems falling asleep (aRR = 3.20; 95% CI = 2.26-4.52), and problems staying awake during the daytime (aRR = 3.52; 95% CI = 1.64-7.53). CONCLUSION: Elevated perceived stress can negatively influence sleep health among SMM in Paris, France.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the association between perceived stress and sleep health among a sample of sexual minority men (SMM). DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Paris, France. PARTICIPANTS: Gay, bisexual and other SMM users ≥18 years on a geosocial networking application in Paris, France (N = 580). MEASUREMENTS: Participants were directed to a web-based survey measuring stress, sleep health, and socio-demographics. Multivariate log-binomial regression models were used to estimate the adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to examine how stress may affect different dimensions of sleep health: 1) poor sleep quality, 2) short sleep duration, 3) problems falling asleep, and 4) problems staying awake in the daytime. RESULTS: Most participants (69.9%) reported at least sometimes feeling stressed (compared to never or rarely). Additionally, results demonstrate that higher perceived stress was associated with poorer sleep health; compared with those who reported feeling stress never or rarely, those who felt stress sometimes, often, or always were more likely to experience poor sleep quality (aRR = 6.67; 95% CI = 3.61-12.3), short sleep duration (aRR = 1.67; 95% CI = 1.17-2.38), problems falling asleep (aRR = 3.20; 95% CI = 2.26-4.52), and problems staying awake during the daytime (aRR = 3.52; 95% CI = 1.64-7.53). CONCLUSION: Elevated perceived stress can negatively influence sleep health among SMM in Paris, France.
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