TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic disparities in sleep duration among veterans of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
AU - Widome, Rachel
AU - Jensen, Agnes
AU - Fu, Steven S.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - We characterized socioeconomic disparities in short sleep duration, which is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, in a population based sample of veterans of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who had interacted with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Lower reported household assets, lower food security, greater reported discrimination, and lower subjective social status were significantly (P < .05) related to less sleep, even after adjusting for demographics, health behaviors, and posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis. Assisting veterans to navigate social and socioeconomic stressors could promote healthful sleep and overall health.
AB - We characterized socioeconomic disparities in short sleep duration, which is linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, in a population based sample of veterans of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who had interacted with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Lower reported household assets, lower food security, greater reported discrimination, and lower subjective social status were significantly (P < .05) related to less sleep, even after adjusting for demographics, health behaviors, and posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis. Assisting veterans to navigate social and socioeconomic stressors could promote healthful sleep and overall health.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302375
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302375
M3 - Article
C2 - 25521907
AN - SCOPUS:84921842157
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - e70-e74
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 2
ER -
