Sleep Duration and Waking Activities in Relation to the National Sleep Foundation’s Recommendations: An Analysis of US Population Sleep Patterns from 2015 to 2017

Mireku, Michael O.

doi:10.3390/ijerph18116154

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“…Workers reporting longer work hours were, on average, sleeping <6 hours/24-hour period on workdays. These findings were consistent with other studies, demonstrating long work hours encroach on time normally set aside for sleep (Mireku & Rodriguez, 2021). Due to these working conditions, shift workers and those working long work hours often lacked the opportunity for sleep and were needing to sleep at times outside the normal bedtime hours.…”

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Retirement Center Worker Sleep Health Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Norrell

Omololu

et al. 2022

Workplace Health Saf

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Background: Sleep health disturbances can increase risks for workplace injury, error, and poor worker health. Essential workers have reported sleep disturbances since the COVID-19 pandemic onset, which may jeopardize their health and safety. The aims of this project were to assess sleep health among Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) workers, examine potential differences between worker types, and describe the self-perceived impact of COVID-19 on workers’ workload and sleep. Methods: Through an academic–practice partnership, this needs assessment used a cross-sectional design that collected self-report data during fall 2020 from CCRC workers. Guided by the Workplace Health Model, survey questions included work characteristics, sleep health, and COVID-19 impact on sleep and workload. Findings: Ninety-four respondents completed the survey across multiple departments. Respondents ( n = 34, 36.2%) reported sleeping below recommended hours on workdays. The majority scored above the population mean on Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement (PROMIS) measures of sleep disturbance ( n = 52, 55.3%), sleep-related impairment ( n = 49, 52.1%), and fatigue ( n = 49, 52.1%). Differences in workday total sleep time and fatigue were noted among shift workers versus nonshift workers, with shift workers reporting less sleep and more fatigue. Shorter sleep duration was noted among respondents working shifts 10 or more hours compared with those working 8 hours. Pandemic-related workload increase was reported by 22.3% ( n = 21) of respondents, with 17% ( n = 16) noting more than one type of workload change. Since COVID-19 onset, 36.2% ( n = 34) reported no sleep changes and 35.1% ( n = 33) reported sleeping less. A medium, positive relationship was found between increased changes in work due to COVID-19 and increased difficulties sleeping ( r = .41, n = 73, p = .000). Conclusion/Application to Practice: Proper sleep health is essential to workplace safety and worker health. By assessing sleep health during a crisis, occupational health nurses can identify opportunities to support worker health and safety, through sleep education, monitoring for sleepiness and fatigue, ensuring countermeasures are available (e.g., caffeine), and assessing for opportunities to change organizational policies.

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“…Workers reporting longer work hours were, on average, sleeping <6 hours/24hour period on workdays. These findings were consistent with other studies, demonstrating long work hours encroach on time normally set aside for sleep(Mireku & Rodriguez, 2021).…”

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Retirement Center Worker Sleep Health Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Norrell

Omololu

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Workplace Health Saf

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“…15 Fewer than half of Americans are getting the National Sleep Foundation guideline-recommended sleep time. 16 Sleep disturbances increase the risk of certain diseases, including obesity, 17 diabetes mellitus (DM), 18 cancer, 19 cardiovascular disease, 20 21 Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. 22 Sleep duration (SPD) is also closely associated with the auditory system diseases.…”

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“…Today, many Americans sleep only 5–6 hours a night 15. Fewer than half of Americans are getting the National Sleep Foundation guideline-recommended sleep time 16. Sleep disturbances increase the risk of certain diseases, including obesity,17 diabetes mellitus (DM),18 cancer,19 cardiovascular disease,20 21 Alzheimer’s disease and dementia 22.…”

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Association of sleep duration and noise exposure with hearing loss among Chinese and American adults: two cross-sectional studies

Zhu

et al. 2022

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesTo examine the associations of sleep duration (SPD) and noise exposure with hearing loss (HL) among Chinese and American adults.DesignTwo cross-sectional studies.SettingThe National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011–2012), and Zhejiang Chinese participants between 1 January 2018 and 1 November 2021.Participants3322 adults from the USA and 4452 adults from Zhejiang, China.Main outcome measuresHL was defined as a pure-tone average >20 dB in the better ear at low frequency (500, 1000 and 2000 Hz), speech frequency (500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz) or high frequency (3000, 4000, 6000 and 8000 Hz). Binary logistic regression analysis quantified the associations between SPD, noise exposure (at work or off-work) and HL.ResultsSPD ≥8 hours/night had an OR of 0.71 (95% CI 0.59 to 0.84) for high-frequency HL vs. an SPD of 6–8 hours/night among the Chinese participants but had an OR of 1.28 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.58) among American participants. Noise exposure (both at work and off-work) was associated with poorer low-frequency (OR 1.58, 1.43; p<0.05), speech-frequency (OR 1.63, 1.29; p<0.05) and high-frequency (OR 1.37, 1.23; p<0.05) hearing among the Chinese participants; and it was associated with worse high-frequency hearing (OR 1.43, 1.66; p<0.05) among the American participants. The negative relationship between SPD ≥8 hours/night and HL was mainly observed in the Chinese participants with noise exposure (OR <1, p<0.05), and SPD ≥8 hours/night associated with poorer HF hearing was only identified in the American participants without noise exposure (OR >1, p<0.05).ConclusionsNoise exposure was associated with poorer hearing. SPD ≥8 hours/night was negatively associated with HL in the Chinese participants especially when exposed to noise. SPD ≥8 hours/night was related to poorer high-frequency hearing in the American participants when they had no noise exposure.

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“…The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recommended 7–9 h of sleep for young adults and 7–8 h for older adults [ 15 ]. However, only 45% of individuals in the US had sleep durations that mapped onto the National Sleep Foundation recommendations on weekdays [ 16 ]. Regarding the different patterns of sleep on weekdays and weekends, a study on NHANES provided a series of benchmark estimates of sleep duration and sleep timing for the US population [ 17 ].…”

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Association between sleep duration and albumin in US adults: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2015–2018

Guo

2022

BMC Public Health

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Background Albumin has multiple functions and is used in the clinical assessment of liver function, kidney function and nutritional status. However, few epidemiological studies have evaluated the association between sleep duration and albumin. Therefore, we carried out a cross-sectional study to address this issue. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between sleep duration and albumin in American adults based on the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). Methods A total of 9,973 participants aged $$\ge$$ ≥ 20 years were included in this study from NHANES 2015–2018. Weighted data were calculated according to analytical guidelines. Linear regression models and smooth curve fitting were used to assess and describe the relationship between sleep duration and albumin. The inflection point was determined by a two-step recursive method. Moreover, univariate and stratified analyses were performed. Results There was an inverted U-shaped association between sleep duration and albumin levels. Albumin levels were highest when the sleep duration was 7.5 h. Compared to 7–8 h of sleep, short sleep duration was linked to lower albumin levels [sleep duration $$\le$$ ≤ 5 h: β $$=$$ = -1.00, 95% CI (-1.26, -0.74), P < 0.0001]. Compared to 7–8 h of sleep, long sleep duration was related to lower albumin levels [sleep duration $$>$$ > 9 h: β $$=$$ = -0.48, 95% CI (-0.68, -0.27), P < 0.0001]. Conclusions Sleep duration had an inverted U-shaped relationship with albumin, with short or long sleep duration associated with significantly lower albumin levels.

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Sleep Duration and Waking Activities in Relation to the National Sleep Foundation’s Recommendations: An Analysis of US Population Sleep Patterns from 2015 to 2017

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Retirement Center Worker Sleep Health Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Retirement Center Worker Sleep Health Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Association of sleep duration and noise exposure with hearing loss among Chinese and American adults: two cross-sectional studies

Association between sleep duration and albumin in US adults: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2015–2018

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