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Relationship between sleep duration and sociodemographic characteristics, mental health and chronic diseases in individuals aged from 18 to 85 years old in Guangdong province in China: a population-based cross-sectional study
- Source :
- BMC Psychiatry, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020), BMC Psychiatry
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background Sleep is vital for maintaining individual’s physical and mental health. Prior studies have reported close relationships between sleep duration and chronic diseases. However, in China, the prevalence of aberrant sleep duration and the associations between sleep duration and chronic conditions still merit studying in Guangdong province. This study aimed at examining the relationship between sleep duration and multiple dimensions of sociodemographic characteristics, mental health and chronic diseases in Guangdong province in China, with a large population-based data of individuals aged from 18 to 85 years old. Methods This study aimed at analyzing the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the population in Guangdong province. Multistage stratified cluster sampling was applied for this study. 13,768 participants from Guangdong province were interviewed with standardized assessment tools, including Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). Basic socio-demographic information, mental health and chronic diseases information were collected. Self-reported sleep duration was classified as three types: short ( Results The mean sleep duration was 6.75 ± 1.11 h. Short sleepers had a higher prevalence of chronic diseases, including anemia (6.2%, p = 0.024), gout (2.8%, p = 0.010), hyperlipidemia (3.9%, p = 0.003) and low back pain (5.6%, p = 0.020) than other types of sleeper. Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed that short sleepers were more likely to have low income level, have depressive symptoms, be ex- or current drinkers and be overweight. Anemia, hyperlipidemia and low back pain were all risk factors for short sleep, while malignant tumor was risky for long sleep. Conclusions Low income level, drinking status, being overweight, and chronic conditions may be associated with aberrant sleep duration in Guangdong province general population. Short sleepers have a higher risk of suffering from anemia, hyperlipidemia, and low back pain, while long sleepers are more likely to have malignant tumor. Health professionals should value the sleep patterns in general health care and attach importance to conduct further epidemiologic surveys to explore the relationship between sleep duration and health.
- Subjects :
- Adult
China
Generalized anxiety disorder
Adolescent
lcsh:RC435-571
Anemia
Cross-sectional study
Population
Overweight
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
lcsh:Psychiatry
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Population-based study
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Sleep duration
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Mental health
Sleep in non-human animals
Low back pain
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Chronic diseases
Chronic Disease
medicine.symptom
business
Sleep
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Research Article
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1471244X
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....340d03f6ec85928dbb130e8aa30b5d01