Asian-White disparities in short sleep duration by industry of employment and occupation in the US: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Frank B Hu²  Hee-Soon Juon⁴  Susan Redline¹  Ichiro Kawachi²  Chandra L Jackson³ 

[1]Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

[2]Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

[3]Department of Nutrition, Building II, Room 302, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA

[4]Department of Health, Behavior & Society, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

关键词: Race;    Asian;    Occupation;    Industry;    Work;    Sleep;   

Others  :  1129855
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-552

 received in 2013-12-07, accepted in 2014-05-28,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Although short sleep is associated with an increased risk of morbidity as well as mortality and has been shown to vary by industry of employment and occupation, little is known about the relationship between work and sleep among Asian Americans.

Methods

Using a nationally representative sample of US adults (n = 125,610) in the National Health Interview Survey from 2004–2011, we estimated prevalence ratios for self-reported short sleep duration (<7 hours) in Asians compared to Whites by industry of employment and occupation using adjusted Poisson regression models with robust variance.

Results

Asians were more likely to report short sleep duration than Whites (33 vs. 28%, p < 0.001), and the Asian-White disparity was widest in finance/information and healthcare industries. Compared to Whites after adjustments, short sleep was also more prevalent among Asians employed in Public administration (PR = 1.35 [95% CI: 1.17,1.56]), Education (PR = 1.29 [95% CI: 1.08,1.53]), and Professional/Management (PR = 1.18 [95% CI: 1.03,1.36]). Short sleep, however, was lower among Asians in Accommodation/Food (PR = 0.81 [95% CI: 0.66, 0.99]) with no difference in Retail. In professional and support-service occupations, short sleep was higher among Asians, but was not different among laborers.

Conclusions

U.S. Asian-White disparities in short sleep varied by industries, suggesting a need to consider both race and occupational characteristics to identify high-risk individuals.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Jackson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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