A scoping review of racial/ethnic disparities in sleep

Ahn, Soojung; Lobo, Jennifer M.; Logan, Jeongok G.; Kang, Hyojung; Kwon, Younghoon; Sohn, Min-Woong

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.027

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“…We found that Mexican Americans had the earliest sleep onset, longest sleep duration, but second lowest sleep efficiency (only higher than NH Blacks) compared to other racial groups. Our findings and others suggest that future research on racial disparity in sleep need to take social and cultural backgrounds into account, in addition to biological and genetic differences 36 , 38 .…”

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Epidemiology of accelerometer-based sleep parameters in US school-aged children and adults: NHANES 2011–2014

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We aimed to provide objectively measured sleep parameters across lifespan by sex and race in a national representative sample of US population. The study included 11,279 participants 6 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2014, who had at least 3 days of valid sleep parameters calculated from 7-day 24-h accelerometer recording. Sleep duration showed a U-shaped association with age and reached the minimum at age 40 and started to increase again around age 50. The clock time for sleep onset (CTSO) delayed with age and reached the maximum at about age 20. CTSO then advanced until age 50, leveled off until age 70, then advanced again after age 70. Sleep efficiency showed an overall decreasing trend across the lifespan but stabilized from age 30 to about age 60. US young adults in age 20 s are the ones who slept at the latest around midnight, while the middle aged US residents between 40 and 50 years old slept the least. Females generally present longer sleep duration than males, while more likely to have later sleep onset, particularly at older ages. Non-Hispanic Blacks showed worse sleep characteristics, i.e. sleep later, sleep shorter, and sleep less efficiently, compared to other racial groups. In conclusion, this study provides valuable insights on the characteristics of sleep habits of residents of the United States by using objectively measurements of sleep parameters and will help guide personalized advice on sleep hygiene.

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“…With regard to racial disparity in sleep health, most previous studies focused on White Americans and Black Americans, but few studies in Hispanics, Asians and others 36 , 37 . In this study of a nationally representative US sample, 64.4% are NH Whites, 11.5% are NH Blacks, 10.1% are Mexican Americans, and 14% of others.…”

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Epidemiology of accelerometer-based sleep parameters in US school-aged children and adults: NHANES 2011–2014

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“…Racial/ethnic differences in sleep health may partly explain differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases by race/ethnicity. Self-reported data showed that Non-Hispanic Black individuals have a lower sleep duration compared with Non-Hispanic White individuals [50] , [51] , [52] , [53] , [54] . Additionally, objective measurement of sleep using polysomnography and actigraphy-based studies showed that in addition to reduced duration of sleep, Non-Hispanic Black individuals had poor sleep quality characterized by shorter duration of sleep, lower sleep maintenance, higher fragmentation of sleep, and reduced short wave sleep duration [54] , [55] , [56] , [57] .…”

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“…Self-reported data showed that Non-Hispanic Black individuals have a lower sleep duration compared with Non-Hispanic White individuals [50] , [51] , [52] , [53] , [54] . Additionally, objective measurement of sleep using polysomnography and actigraphy-based studies showed that in addition to reduced duration of sleep, Non-Hispanic Black individuals had poor sleep quality characterized by shorter duration of sleep, lower sleep maintenance, higher fragmentation of sleep, and reduced short wave sleep duration [54] , [55] , [56] , [57] . Racial/ethnic differences in sleep have been previously noted to persist even after controlling for socioeconomic status, other social determinants of health that affect sleep require further examination [ 52 , 53 , [55] , [56] , [57] ].…”

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AHA Life's essential 8 and ideal cardiovascular health among young adults

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Patel

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology

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“…People can differ in their sleep patterns, including the amount, timing, and quality of sleep they require, as well as circadian rhythms, such as chronotype and period. Some of these differences have been systematically related to demographic variables, most notably age (8–14), sex (15–19) and ethnicity (20–23), demonstrating the need to consider sleep and circadian physiology at a participant-level. For example, children and adolescents have different sleep patterns compared to adults, with the need for sleep generally declining with age and shifting towards a morning chronotype ( yoon_2001?…”

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Inclusion, reporting and analysis of demographic variables in chronobiology and sleep research

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Spitschan

2023

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Many aspects of sleep and circadian physiology appear to be sensitive to participant-level characteristics. While recent research robustly highlights the importance of considering participant-level demographic information, it is not clear to what extent this information is available within the large body of existing literature. This article investigates study sample characteristics within the published sleep and chronobiology research over the past 40 years. 6,777 articles were identified and a random sample of 20% was included. The reporting of sample size, age, sex, gender, ethnicity, level of education, socio-economic status, and profession of the study population was scored, and any reported aggregate summary statistics for these variables were recorded. We found that while >90% of studies reported age or sex, all other variables were reported in <25% of cases. Reporting quality was highly variable, indicating an opportunity to standardize reporting guidelines for participant-level characteristics to facilitate meta analyses.

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A scoping review of racial/ethnic disparities in sleep

Cited by 47 publications

References 129 publications

Epidemiology of accelerometer-based sleep parameters in US school-aged children and adults: NHANES 2011–2014

Epidemiology of accelerometer-based sleep parameters in US school-aged children and adults: NHANES 2011–2014

AHA Life's essential 8 and ideal cardiovascular health among young adults

Inclusion, reporting and analysis of demographic variables in chronobiology and sleep research

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