Mediating role of psychological distress in the associations between neighborhood social environments and sleep health

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Kim, Byoungjun¹  Troxel, Wendy M³  Dubowitz, Tamara³  Hunter, Gerald P³  Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie³  Chaix, Basile⁴  Rudolph, Kara E¹  Morrison, Christopher N¹  Branas, Charles C¹  Duncan, Dustin T¹ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health;Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine;Health Division;Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique IPLESP;Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

关键词: neighborhood;    crime;    social cohesion;    neighborhood disorder;    sleep;    actigraphy;    psychological distress;    mediation analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1093/sleep/zsac087

学科分类：生理学

来源: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Study Objectives The characteristics of neighborhood social environments, such as safety and social cohesion, have been examined as determinants of poor sleep. The current study investigates associations between neighborhood social characteristics and sleep health, as well as the mediating role of psychological distress on these possible associations.Methods Three waves of PHRESH Zzz (n = 2699), a longitudinal study conducted in two low-income, predominately Black neighborhoods, were utilized for this analysis. The characteristics of neighborhood social environments were measured using crime rates, a neighborhood social disorder index, and self-reported social cohesion. Sleep health was measured via 7 days of wrist-worn actigraphy as insufficient sleep, sleep duration, wake after sleep onset (WASO), and sleep efficiency. G-estimations based on structural nested mean models and mediation analyses were performed to estimate the effects of neighborhood social environments on sleep as well as direct/indirect effects through psychological distress.Results Crime rate around residential addresses was associated with increased risk of insufficient sleep (risk ratio: 1.05 [1.02, 1.12]), increased WASO (β: 3.73 [0.26, 6.04]), and decreased sleep efficiency (β: −0.54 [−0.91, −0.09]). Perceived social cohesion was associated with decreased risk of insufficient sleep (OR: 0.93 [0.88, 0.97]). Psychological distress mediated part of the associations of crime and social cohesion with insufficient sleep.Conclusions Neighborhood social environments may contribute to poor sleep health in low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods, and psychological distress can be a salient pathway linking these neighborhood characteristics and sleep health.

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