Is the association between neighborhood characteristics and sleep quality mediated by psychological distress? An analysis of perceived and objective measures of 2 Pittsburgh neighborhoods

DeSantis, Amy Soo Jin; Troxel, Wendy; Beckman, Robin L.; Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; Hunter, Gerald P.; Hale, Lauren; Buysse, Daniel J.; Dubowitz, Tamara

doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2016.08.001

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“…This home environment, in conjunction with a less socially cohesive neighborhood, may potentiate the risk for poor sleep via increased exposure to stress, including neighborhood-level crime and disruption, lesser parental involvement around sleep-wake routines, lesser parental knowledge of healthy sleep hygiene practices (e.g., removal of technology at bedtime). These findings are consistent with a growing body of literature suggesting the importance of considering neighborhood-level factors in influencing individual’s health behaviors (DeSantis et al, 2016; Diez Roux and Mair, 2010). In contrast with prior work and our hypotheses, however, we did not find evidence of associations between perceived neighborhood safety and monitoring with adolescent sleep problems, duration, or timing.…”

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“…Second, we include key sleep outcomes, including sleep timing, duration, variability, and quality, and we found different patterns of associations for neighborhood measures in relation to these specific sleep outcomes. Third, we examined both objective (via Census data) and subjective measures of neighborhood characteristics as separate correlates of health behaviors, which is critical given evidence of differential associations between objective and subjective neighborhood characteristics and health behaviors and outcomes (DeSantis et al, 2016; Schultz et al, 2013). Fourth, our inclusion of a large, racially/ ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of youth allowed us to examine the degree to which race/ ethnicity or maternal education moderated associations between neighborhood characteristics and sleep.…”

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Examination of neighborhood disadvantage and sleep in a multi-ethnic cohort of adolescents

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Purpose Neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage and lower individual-level socioeconomic status are associated with poorer sleep health in adults. However, few studies have examined the association between neighborhood-level disadvantage and sleep in adolescents, a population at high-risk for sleep disturbances. Methods The current study is the first to examine how objective (i.e. via census tract-level data) and subjective measures of neighborhood disadvantage are associated with sleep in a racially/ ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 2,493 youth [Non-Hispanic White (20%), Hispanic (46%), Asian (21%), and Multiracial/ Other (13%)]. Results Findings indicated that greater perceived neighborhood-level social cohesion and lower neighborhood-level poverty were associated with better sleep outcomes in adolescents. However, there was some evidence that the magnitude of the associations differed according to family-level socioeconomic status and race/ ethnicity. Conclusions Findings suggest that subjective and objective neighborhood characteristics may affect the sleep health of older adolescents, with certain demographic subgroups being particularly vulnerable.

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“…Perceived safety tapped into how safe participants felt in their neighbourhood during the day and evening, and how much of a problem they perceived crime and violence to be. This perceived safety measure has demonstrated acceptable to good internal consistency [56,57]. Social cohesion assessed the level of perceived neighbourhood interconnectedness, trust, and shared values.…”

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“…Social cohesion assessed the level of perceived neighbourhood interconnectedness, trust, and shared values. Social cohesion has been tested to have strong internal consistency [56,57]. We measured access to services [55] and traffic along nearby streets [58].…”

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Results from a natural experiment: initial neighbourhood investments do not change objectively-assessed physical activity, psychological distress or perceptions of the neighbourhood

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background: Few studies have assessed objectively measured physical activity (PA), active transportation, psychological distress and neighborhood perceptions among residents of a neighborhood before and after substantial improvements in its physical environment. Also, most research-to-date has employed study designs subject to neighborhood selection, which may introduce bias in reported findings. We built upon a previously enrolled cohort of households from two low-income predominantly African American Pittsburgh neighborhoods, matched on socio-demographic composition including race/ethnicity, income and education. One of the two neighborhoods received substantial neighborhood investments over the course of this study including, but not limited to public housing development and greenspace/landscaping. We implemented a natural experiment using matched intervention and control neighborhoods and conducted pre-post assessments among the cohort. Our comprehensive assessments included accelerometry-based PA, active transportation, psychological distress and perceptions of the neighborhood, with assessments conducted both prior to and following the neighborhood changes. In 2013, we collected data from 1003 neighborhood participants and in 2016, we re-interviewed 676 of those participants. We conducted an intent to treat analysis, with a difference-indifference estimator using attrition weighting to account for nonresponse between 2013 and 2016. In addition, we derived an individual-level indicator of exposure to neighbourhood investment and estimated effect of exposure to investment on the same set of outcomes using covariate-adjusted models. Results: We observed no statistically significant differences in activity, psychological distress, satisfaction with one's neighborhood as a place to live or any of the other measures we observed prior to and after the neighborhood investments between the intervention and control neighborhoods or those exposed vs not exposed to investments.

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“…Participants indicate the extent to which they agree with each statement using a five-point scale, with response options ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree [42]. This measure has been demonstrated to have good internal consistency [43,44], including in the present sample (alpha ¼ 0.84).…”

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Do Sleep and Psychological Distress Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Factors and Pain?

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Is the association between neighborhood characteristics and sleep quality mediated by psychological distress? An analysis of perceived and objective measures of 2 Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Cited by 31 publications

References 46 publications

Examination of neighborhood disadvantage and sleep in a multi-ethnic cohort of adolescents

Examination of neighborhood disadvantage and sleep in a multi-ethnic cohort of adolescents

Results from a natural experiment: initial neighbourhood investments do not change objectively-assessed physical activity, psychological distress or perceptions of the neighbourhood

Do Sleep and Psychological Distress Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Factors and Pain?

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