Short self-reported sleep duration among caregivers and non-caregivers in 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Sleep Health
• Personal Author:
  Liu, Yong ; Wheaton, Anne G ; Edwards, Valerie J ; Xu, Fang ; Greenlund, Kurt J ; Croft, Janet B
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Caregiving, providing regular care or assistance to family members or friends with health problems or disabilities, may affect caregivers’ sleep. This study examined self-reported short sleep duration by caregiving status among US adults.
  
  Methods
  
  Data from 114,496 respondents aged ≥18 years in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed. Prevalence of short sleep duration (<7 hours per 24-hour period) by caregiving status was calculated, and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were derived from a multivariable logistic regression model with adjustment for potential covariates.
  
  Results
  
  Nearly 1 out of 5 adults reported caregiving within the past month. A higher prevalence of short sleep duration was reported among caregivers (39.5%) than among non-caregivers (34.2%, adjusted PR [95% CI]=1.12 [1.06–1.19]). Caregivers who reported prolonged caregiving (≥5 years) reported a higher prevalence of short sleep duration than those with <2 years of caregiving. Similarly, caregivers who provided 20–39 hours of caregiving per week reported a higher prevalence of short sleep duration than those with <20 hours caregiving per week.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Caregivers had a higher prevalence of short sleep duration than non-caregivers. Providing information and community-based resources and supports for caregiving may minimize caregiver stress and improve sleep particularly for those with prolonged or more intense caregiving.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Article Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Caregivers Family Caregivers Female Humans Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Prevalence Self Report Sleep Sleep Deprivation Time Factors United States Young Adult

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• Source:
  Sleep Health. 6(5):651-656
• Pubmed ID:
  32331864
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8630996
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:750ccce183994d5e054d7469238eea7058a84cf48ba845c970019221a1f2e47a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112149/cdc_112149_DS1.pdf
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