title: Sleep disturbance during military deployment.
abstract: This preliminary investigation evaluated symptoms of sleep disturbance and insomnia in a group of 156 deployed military personnel. A 21-item Military Deployment Survey of Sleep was administered to provide self-reported estimates of a variety of sleep parameters. The results indicated that 74% of participants rated their quality of sleep as significantly worse in the deployed environment, 40% had a sleep efficiency of < 85%, and 42% had a sleep onset latency of > 30 minutes. Night-shift workers had significantly worse sleep efficiency and more problems getting to sleep and staying asleep as compared to day-shift workers. The results of the study indicate the need for programs to help deployed military members get more and better sleep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mail Code 7792, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. petersona3@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goodie
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Satterfield
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Brim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology