The Contribution of Psychosocial Stressors to Sleep among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Conclusions:Psychosocial stressors are associated with higher odds of short sleep, lower average sleep duration, and lower sleep quality in African Americans. Psychosocial stressors may be a point of intervention among African Americans for the improvement of sleep and downstream health outcomes.Citation:Johnson DA, Lisabeth L, Lewis TT, Sims M, Hickson DA, Samdarshi T, Taylor H, Diez Roux AV. The contribution of psychosocial stressors to sleep among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. SLEEP 2016;39(7):1411–1419.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research