title: Sleepiness and health in midlife women: results of the National Sleep Foundation's 2007 Sleep in America poll.
abstract: The 2007 Sleep in America poll, a random-sample telephone survey, provided data for this study of sleep in community-dwelling women aged 40 to 60 years. The majority of the respondents were post- or perimenopausal, overweight, married or living with someone, and reported good health. A subsample (20%) reported sleepiness that consistently interfered with daily life; the sleepy subsample reported more symptoms of insomnia, restless legs syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, depression and anxiety, as well as more problems with health-promoting behaviors, drowsy driving, job performance, household duties, and personal relationships. Hierarchical regression showed that sleepiness along with depressive symptoms, medical comorbidities, obesity, and lower education were associated with poor self-rated health, whereas menopause status (pre-, peri- or post-) was not. These results suggest that sleep disruptions and daytime sleepiness negatively affect the daily life of midlife women.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. chasense@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Eileen R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Chasens
authors.forename: Sarah R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Twerski
authors.forename: Kyeongra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Mary Grace
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Umlauf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology