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Alternative Title:
J Rural Health
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00447.x
Personal Author:
Chang, Jen Jen ; Pien, Grace W. ; Stamatakis, Katherine .A. ; Brownson, Ross C.
Chang, Jen Jen ; Pien, Grace W. ; Stamatakis, Katherine .A. ; Brownson, Ross C. Less -
Description:
Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine whether physical activity is associated with less insomnia symptoms in the rural communities.

Methods

This study used cross-sectional data collected from a 2005 telephone survey for evaluation of a community walking trails intervention to promote physical activity in rural communities including 6 communities in the Missouri Ozark region and 6 communities in Arkansas and Tennessee (n=1,234). The exposure variable is self-reported regular current physical activity. The outcome includes symptoms of insomnia operationalized as having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up too early nearly every day. Logistic regression was used to calculate prevalence odds ratios (PORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Findings

The study sample includes mostly white (95%), married (62%), overweight/obese (61%) women with a high school degree and a mean age of 54. Fourteen percent of participants reported having insomnia symptoms. Self-report of currently being physically active regularly was associated with decreased odds of insomnia symptoms (adjusted POR: 0.37; 95% CI, 0.14-0.99) among participants with under or normal body weight, after controlling for age, gender, education level, marital status, and chronic diseases. There was also a negative linear correlation between the number of days and total minutes of vigorous physical activity and insomnia symptoms.

Conclusions

In these rural communities, we observed a significant relationship between regular physical activity and decreased insomnia symptoms.


Subject:
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Adult
Aged
Article
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Insomnia
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Activity
Physical Activity
Qualitative Research
Rural Communities
Rural Population
Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders

Source:
J Rural Health. 29(3):239-247.
Pubmed ID:
23802926
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4091726
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
5 R18 DK061706/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; P30 DK092950/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R18 DK061706/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; U48/DP000060/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000448/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
5 R18 DK061706/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; P30 DK092950/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R18 DK061706/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; U48/DP000060/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000448/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Arkansas ; Missouri ; Tennessee
Arkansas ; Missouri ; Tennessee Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:4a339190bea1367972ff6061efad3a26a18cec7d6866c3f780ae5c92a6558135
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