Sleep quality of Singapore residents: findings from the 2016 Singapore mental health study

The importance of sleep studies in improving the health indices of a nation

“…Sleep quality has been considered as one of the most important parameters of good sleep health. A recent study [ 1 ] conducted on Singapore residents identified the different correlated (sociodemographic) factors of poor sleep outcome using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which is a well accepted technique to study sleep in a large population [ 2 ]. The study links poor sleep with a marked decrease in health outcomes; importantly, metabolic syndrome, multimorbidity and mental health issues.…”

Factors associated with poor sleep quality in midlife Singaporean women: The Integrated Women’s Health program (IWHP)

“…Long-term insomnia is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease [ 3 ]. Poor sleep quality and insomnia are more prevalent among women than men [ [4] , [5] , [6] ]. In Singapore, women (aged >18 years) are 1.44 times more likely to have poor sleep quality than men, based on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) [ 4 ].…”

“…Self-reported depression was associated with poor sleep outcomes (insomnia, sleep disturbances, restless sleep) among participants from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study [ 11 ]. Most sleep studies among midlife women to date have been conducted in Caucasian populations [ 7 , 8 , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , 17 ], while studies in Asian women have been small and non-representative [ 14 , 15 ], not specific to midlife [ 4 , 18 ], or were conducted in ethnically homogeneous Asian populations [ 16 , 19 ].…”

“…Ethnic differences in sleep quality have been observed, with Caucasians reporting better sleep quality than Blacks, Chinese, and Japanese in the US population [ 20 ]. Although the Singapore Mental Health Study reported Malays and Indians to have poorer sleep quality than Chinese [ 4 ], women-specific concerns like menopausal status, genito-urinary symptoms and other important health conditions were not examined then.…”

The Mediating Effects of Flexibility on the Relationship between Job Stress, Sleep Quality and Mental Well-being of Psychiatric Hospital Workers

“…수면의 질은 개인의 안녕감과 매우 밀접하게 관련된 개념이 므로, 다양한 직업군에서 다루어 지고 있다 [13]. 특히 교대근무 직업군에서 정신건강과의 관련성이 높은 것으로 알려져 있다 [13,14]. 그러나 일부 연구에서는 상반되는 결과를 보이는 등…”