The impact of somatic health problems on insomnia in middle age

Martikainen, Kirsti; Partinen, Markku; Hasan, Joel; Laippala, Pekka; Urponen, Helka; Vuori, Ilkka

doi:10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00194-6

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“…Sleep problems may be, in part, a function of physical health (Kudielka, Von Kanel, Gander, & Fischer, 2004;Gislason & Almqvist, 1987), and our models were unable to control for physical ailments. However, recent work by Martikainen et al (2003) suggests that job-related and mental health factors were considerably more important in predicting insomnia than several measures of physical health. Strine and Chapman (2005) reported that a number of lifestyle behaviors were associated with frequent sleep insufficiency, although these models were estimated for the general adult population and did not include measures of sleep.…”

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Job stress and poor sleep quality: Data from an American sample of full-time workers

Knudsen

Ducharme

Roman

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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Given the associations between poor quality sleep and health, it is important to consider whether job stressors are related to sleep-related outcomes. Studies from Europe and Japan suggest that these stressors negatively impact sleep, but there are few studies of job stressors and sleep quality that draw upon large representative samples of workers in the USA. Using data collected via telephone interviews from a nationally representative random sample of 1,715 American full-time employees, this research considers three dependent variables of past-month poor sleep quality: number of days the respondent had difficulty initiating sleep, number of days of difficulty maintaining sleep, and number of days of non-restorative sleep. Negative binomial regression was used to estimate a count data model of the associations between the frequency of these three types of poor sleep quality and the job stressors of work overload, role conflict, autonomy, and repetitive tasks, while controlling for socio-demographic characteristics. The average American worker reported 5.3 days of difficulty falling asleep, 6.6 days of trouble staying asleep, and 5.0 days of trouble waking up for work in the past month. Across the three types of poor sleep quality, work overload was positively associated with the frequency of poor sleep quality. Role conflict was positively associated with difficulty initiating sleep and non-restorative sleep. Repetitive tasks were associated with more days of difficulty initiating sleep and maintaining sleep. Job autonomy was negatively associated with nonrestorative sleep. Given that sleep quality is associated with other health outcomes, future research should continue to explore the associations between job-related stressors, sleep quality, and workers' health status.

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Job stress and poor sleep quality: Data from an American sample of full-time workers

Knudsen

Ducharme

Roman

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Rates of sleep disturbance for women with breast cancer are well above those for the general adult population and higher than the above average rates for cancer patients in general. The prevalence of chronic insomnia in adults overall is about 10% (Roth & Roehrs, 2003), and it increases with age (Ohayon & Roth, 2003) and is higher for women (Martikainen et al, 2003) possibly due to hormonal changes such as those accompanying menopause (Krystal, 2003). …”

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A longitudinal study of depression, pain, and stress as predictors of sleep disturbance among women with metastatic breast cancer

Palesh

Collie

Batiuchok

et al. 2007

Biological Psychology

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Objective-Sleep disturbances are common among women with breast cancer and can have serious consequences. The present study examined depression, pain, life stress, and participation in group therapy in relation to sleep disturbances in a sample of women with metastatic breast cancer.Methods-Ninety-three women with metastatic breast cancer participated in a large intervention trial examining the effect of the group therapy on their symptoms. They completed measures of depression, pain, life stress, and sleep disturbance at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months. Results-The results showed that higher initial levels of depression at baseline predicted problems associated with getting up in the morning, waking up during the night, and daytime sleepiness. Increases in depression over the course of 12 months were associated with fewer hours of sleep, more problems with waking up during the night and more daytime sleepiness. Higher levels of pain at baseline predicted more problems getting to sleep. Increases in pain predicted more difficulty getting to sleep and more problems waking up during the night. Greater life stress at baseline predicted more problems getting to sleep and more daytime sleepiness.Conclusions-Depression, pain, and life stress scores were each associated with different types of negative change in self-reported sleep disturbances. Depression, especially worsening depression, was associated with the greatest number of types of negative change. The relationships found between sleep disturbance and depression, pain, and life stress suggest specific ways to address the problem of sleep disturbance for women with metastatic breast cancer and show how different types of disturbed sleep may be clinical markers for depression, pain, or life stress in this population.Keywords sleep disturbance; metastatic breast cancer; pain; depression; stressful life events Corresponding Author: Oxana G. Palesh, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704 Rochester, New York 14642. E-mail: Oxana_Palesh@urmc.rochester.edu, phone: (585) 273-3998, fax: (585) 461-5601. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Disturbed sleep is common among breast cancer patients (Davidson, MacLean, Brundage, & Schulze, 2002;Koopman, Nouriani et al., 2002;Savard & Morin, 2001) and has been found to be associated not only with poor quality of life (Carpenter & Andrykowski, 1998;Fortner, Stepanski, Wang, Kasprowicz, & Durrence, 2002), depressive symptoms (Koopman, Nouriani et al., 2002), and fatigue (Lic...

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“…Links between poor physical health and insomnia have repeatedly been demonstrated, (Moffitt et al, 1991;Sutton et al, 2001;Martikainen et al, 2003;Roth & Roehrs, 2003;Buysse, 2004;Ohayon & Bader, 2010) as many diseases involve pain and/or distress that can interfere with sleep. Using data from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS): Mental Health and Well-being, Tjpkema (2005), reported that over 20% of people with asthma, arthritis/rheumatism, back problems or diabetes reported insomnia, compared with around 12% of people who did not have these conditions.…”

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“…Research using data from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS): Mental Health and Well-being showed mental and emotional health to be strongly associated with insomnia (Johnson & Breslau, 2001;Sutton et al, 2001;Ohayon, 2002;Martikainen et al, 2003;Ohayon & Roth, 2003). Around a third of people who reported having had an anxiety or mood disorder in the past year had insomnia, compared to 12% of those who did not have such disorders.…”

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confidence: 99%