TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep-related behaviors and beliefs associated with race/ethnicity in women
AU - Grandner, Michael A.
AU - Patel, Nirav P.
AU - Jean-Louis, Girardin
AU - Jackson, Nicholas
AU - Gehrman, Philip R.
AU - Perlis, Michael L.
AU - Gooneratne, Nalaka S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding/support: This research was supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (T32HL007713) and the University of Pennsylvania Resource Center of Minority Aging Research (P30-AG-031043-01 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging).
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Explore how social factors influence sleep, especially sleeprelated beliefs and behaviors. Sleep complaints, sleep hygiene behaviors, and beliefs about sleep were studied in 65 black/African American and white/European American women. Differences were found for snoring and discrepancy between sleep duration and need. Sleep behaviors differed across groups for napping, methods for coping with sleep difficulties, and nonsleep behaviors in bed. Beliefs also distinguished groups, with differences in motivation for sleep and beliefs about sleep being important for health and functioning. These findings have important public health implications in terms of developing effective sleep education interventions that include consideration of cultural aspects.
AB - Explore how social factors influence sleep, especially sleeprelated beliefs and behaviors. Sleep complaints, sleep hygiene behaviors, and beliefs about sleep were studied in 65 black/African American and white/European American women. Differences were found for snoring and discrepancy between sleep duration and need. Sleep behaviors differed across groups for napping, methods for coping with sleep difficulties, and nonsleep behaviors in bed. Beliefs also distinguished groups, with differences in motivation for sleep and beliefs about sleep being important for health and functioning. These findings have important public health implications in terms of developing effective sleep education interventions that include consideration of cultural aspects.
KW - Insomnia
KW - Race/ethnicity
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U2 - 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30080-8
DO - 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30080-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 23862291
AN - SCOPUS:84880784990
SN - 0027-9684
VL - 105
SP - 4
EP - 16
JO - Journal of the National Medical Association
JF - Journal of the National Medical Association
IS - 1
ER -