Adedotun Ogunbajo1, Arjee Restar2, Alberto Edeza2, William Goedel3, Harry Jin3, Stella Iwuagwu4, Rashidi Williams5, Mohammed Rabiu Abubakari6, Katie Biello7, Matthew Mimiaga8. 1. Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Health Equity Research, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: adedotun_ogunbajo@brown.edu. 2. Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Health Equity Research, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA. 4. Centre for Right to Health, Abuja, Nigeria. 5. Equality Triangle for Health and Peoples Development Initiative, Warri, Delta, Nigeria. 6. College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA. 7. Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Health Equity Research, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA. 8. Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Health Equity Research, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Poor sleep health has been linked to mental health problems, substance use, and sexual risk-taking among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). No known published study has examined these relationships among African GBMSM. Consequently, we investigated poor sleep health and associated health-related factors among a large multistate sample of Nigerian GBMSM. METHODS: Between March and June 2019, 406 GBMSM were recruited from Abuja, Delta, Lagos, and Plateau and asked to complete an interviewer-administered survey. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to examine the relationship between poor sleep health and other health-related factors. RESULTS: In the past month, 45.5% of participants reported sleeping an average of 6 hours or less every night, and 30.7% reported experiencing a sleep problem. Factors associated with increased odds of reporting short sleep included: residing in Delta [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.16; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15 to 4.04] and Lagos (aOR 2.40; 95% CI: 1.29 to 4.45), depressive symptoms (aOR 1.94; 95% CI: 1.13 to 3.32), and reporting lifetime history of using four or more drugs (aOR 2.52; 95% CI: 1.06 to 6.01). Reporting condom use at last anal sex was associated with decreased odds of reporting short sleep in the last month (aOR 0.54; 95% CI: 0.31 to 0.92). Factors associated with increased odds of reporting sleep problems included: reporting an STI diagnosis in the last year (aOR 1.79; 95% CI: 1.05 to 3.05) and reporting monthly or higher polydrug use in the last 3 months (aOR 2.19; 95% CI: 1.14 to 4.24). DISCUSSION: Sleep health interventions should be developed for Nigerian GBMSM, which may improve mental health and reduce substance use and sexual risk-taking.
BACKGROUND: Poor sleep health has been linked to mental health problems, substance use, and sexual risk-taking among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). No known published study has examined these relationships among African GBMSM. Consequently, we investigated poor sleep health and associated health-related factors among a large multistate sample of Nigerian GBMSM. METHODS: Between March and June 2019, 406 GBMSM were recruited from Abuja, Delta, Lagos, and Plateau and asked to complete an interviewer-administered survey. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to examine the relationship between poor sleep health and other health-related factors. RESULTS: In the past month, 45.5% of participants reported sleeping an average of 6 hours or less every night, and 30.7% reported experiencing a sleep problem. Factors associated with increased odds of reporting short sleep included: residing in Delta [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.16; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15 to 4.04] and Lagos (aOR 2.40; 95% CI: 1.29 to 4.45), depressive symptoms (aOR 1.94; 95% CI: 1.13 to 3.32), and reporting lifetime history of using four or more drugs (aOR 2.52; 95% CI: 1.06 to 6.01). Reporting condom use at last anal sex was associated with decreased odds of reporting short sleep in the last month (aOR 0.54; 95% CI: 0.31 to 0.92). Factors associated with increased odds of reporting sleep problems included: reporting an STI diagnosis in the last year (aOR 1.79; 95% CI: 1.05 to 3.05) and reporting monthly or higher polydrug use in the last 3 months (aOR 2.19; 95% CI: 1.14 to 4.24). DISCUSSION: Sleep health interventions should be developed for Nigerian GBMSM, which may improve mental health and reduce substance use and sexual risk-taking.
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