Is sleep really for sissies? Understanding the role of work in insomnia in the US

Henry, Doug; McClellen, Dana L.; Rosenthal, León; Dedrick, David L.; Gosdin, Melissa

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.007

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“…Second, all articles but one [38] included clear information on how the research themes were identified, and all articles but one [34] reported that ethical review or ethical waivers were obtained. Third, 17 of the 22 articles reported that the data were coded/analyzed by more than one assessor [16, 17, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42–51]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, several studies did not report if saturation was achieved when analyzing the data [17, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48–50], if participants’ answers were reviewed for clarification (i.e., member check) [16, 34–36, 38, 41–44, 48, 50,51], if the facilitator received training or had experience in leading individual interviews or focus groups [16, 17, 33–38, 40–43, 46, 48, 49, 51], and if piloting for individual interviews, focus groups, audio-diaries, or other pretests was conducted [16, 17, 33–38, 40–43, 45–51]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, Henry and colleagues [42] interviewed 24 participants about the sociocultural aspects of insomnia in the work place. Using content analysis of data derived from semi-structured interviews, they found that insomnia was viewed as “an impediment to occupational success” (p. 724).…”

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“…The review underlines the seriousness of insomnia, which is perceived and experienced as a debilitating condition with detrimental consequences for the patients’ everyday life [40, 42, 44, 48]. The findings clearly illustrate subtleties in the perceived daily consequences of insomnia.…”

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“…The first and the most important, is that only a few studies presented information about the specific steps involved in the methodological analysis [e.g., 41, 42] and procedures concerning theoretical saturation: this information is necessary for ensuring the rigor and the validity of findings [e.g., 17, 18, 33]. The second limitation pertains to the fact that some studies failed to report sociodemographic information [e.g., 33, 35, 37], which may prevent accurate description of the entire sample of this systematic review and precludes adequate transferability of the findings to other contexts.…”

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Qualitative studies of insomnia: Current state of knowledge in the field

Araújo

Jarrin

Leanza

et al. 2017

Sleep Medicine Reviews

101

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Summary Despite its high prevalence and burden, insomnia is often trivialized, under-diagnosed, and under-treated in practice. Little information is available on the subjective experience and perceived consequences of insomnia, help-seeking behaviors, and treatment preferences. The use of qualitative approaches (e.g., ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory) may help gain a better understanding of this sleep disorder. The present paper summarizes the evidence derived from insomnia studies using a qualitative research methodology (e.g., focus group, semi-structured interviews). A systematic review of the literature was conducted using PsycINFO and Medline databases. The review yielded 22 studies and the quality of the methodology of each of them was evaluated systematically using the CASP appraisal tool. Selected articles possess at least a very good methodological rigor and they were categorized according to their main focus: “Experience of insomnia”, “Management of insomnia” and “Medicalization of insomnia”. The main findings indicate that: 1) insomnia is often experienced as a 24-hour problem and is perceived to affect several domains of life, 2) a sense of frustration and misunderstanding is very common among insomnia patients, which is possibly due to a mismatch between patients’ and health care professionals’ perspectives on insomnia and its treatment, 3) health care professionals pay more attention to sleep hygiene education and medication therapies and less to the patient’s subjective experience of insomnia, and 4) health care professionals are often unaware of non-pharmacological interventions other than sleep hygiene education. An important implication of these findings is the need to develop new clinical measures with a broader scope on insomnia and more targeted treatments that take into account the patient’s experience of insomnia. Greater use of qualitative approaches in future research may produce novel and more contextualized information leading to a more comprehensive understanding of insomnia.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Araújo

Jarrin

Leanza

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Increased risk of sleep problems according to employment precariousness among paid employees in Korea

Gong,

Park

2023

American J Industrial Med

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BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between precarious employment (PE) and sleep problems among wage workers in Korea.MethodsData from 29,437 wage workers were obtained from the 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey. PE was defined based on four dimensions: employment temporariness, irregularity, lack of protection, and economic vulnerability. A PE index indicating employment precariousness was derived. The outcome variables were three sleep problems experienced over the past year: difficulty initiating asleep; difficulty maintaining sleep' and fatigue upon waking. Multiple logistic regression was performed after adjusting for age, educational level, occupation, job tenure, company size, and working hours, to estimate the association between PE and sleep problems.ResultsFor both sexes, the risk of all sleep problems significantly increased as the precariousness of employment increased, showing a dose–response relationship.ConclusionAn increased risk of sleep problems is evident as employment becomes more precarious. These findings could help improve the health of workers with PE by addressing sleep problems.

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Losing sleep over work: A self‐determination theory view on need frustration, sleep disturbance, and mental ill health

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Given the centrality of sleep and work in most individuals' lives, it is interesting to note that an empirical understanding of the association between what happens in the workplace and how well people sleep is in an early stage of development, at least relative to other topics that are of interest in the literature on stress and health. Using self-determination theory, the current study examined how maladaptive motivational processes at work relate to sleep disturbance and mental ill health. In line with hypotheses, the results of a cross-sectional analysis and analyses using data from two time points over 15 months revealed that employees are more likely to report sleep disturbance, anxiety, and depressive symptoms when they experience frustration of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the workplace. Additional results revealed an indirect effect of change in basic psychological need frustration on change in anxiety-but not on change in depressive symptoms-through change in sleep disturbance. Taken together, these findings add to the burgeoning literature on the maladaptive motivational origins of ill health and dysfunction in the workplace.

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Is sleep really for sissies? Understanding the role of work in insomnia in the US

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

Qualitative studies of insomnia: Current state of knowledge in the field

Qualitative studies of insomnia: Current state of knowledge in the field

Increased risk of sleep problems according to employment precariousness among paid employees in Korea

Losing sleep over work: A self‐determination theory view on need frustration, sleep disturbance, and mental ill health

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