TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep Problems and Psychological Well-Being
T2 - Baseline Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
AU - Rodrigues, Rebecca
AU - Nicholson, Kathryn
AU - Guaiana, Giuseppe
AU - Wilk, Piotr
AU - Stranges, Saverio
AU - Anderson, Kelly K
N1 - Funding: Funding for the CLSA is provided by the Government of Canada
through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research under grant reference LSA
94473 and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. This research has been funded by the Lawson Health Research Institute Internal Research Fund (IRF). Data are available from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (www.clsa-elcv.ca) for researchers who meet the criteria for access to de-identified CLSA data.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - International studies have demonstrated associations between sleep problems and poor psychological well-being; however, Canadian data are limited. This study investigated this association using cross-sectional baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a national survey of 30,097 community-dwelling adults, 45-85 years of age. Short sleep duration, sleep dissatisfaction, insomnia symptoms, and daytime impairment were consistently associated with a higher prevalence of dissatisfaction with life, psychological distress, and poor self-reported mental health. Long sleep duration was associated with a higher prevalence of psychological distress and poor self-reported mental health, but not with dissatisfaction with life. Associations between sleep problems and psychological distress were 11-18 per cent stronger in males. With each 10-year increase in age, the association between daytime impairment and life dissatisfaction increased by 11 per cent, and insomnia symptoms and poor mental health decreased by 11 per cent. Sleep problems in middle-aged and older adults warrant increased attention as a public health problem in Canada.
AB - International studies have demonstrated associations between sleep problems and poor psychological well-being; however, Canadian data are limited. This study investigated this association using cross-sectional baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a national survey of 30,097 community-dwelling adults, 45-85 years of age. Short sleep duration, sleep dissatisfaction, insomnia symptoms, and daytime impairment were consistently associated with a higher prevalence of dissatisfaction with life, psychological distress, and poor self-reported mental health. Long sleep duration was associated with a higher prevalence of psychological distress and poor self-reported mental health, but not with dissatisfaction with life. Associations between sleep problems and psychological distress were 11-18 per cent stronger in males. With each 10-year increase in age, the association between daytime impairment and life dissatisfaction increased by 11 per cent, and insomnia symptoms and poor mental health decreased by 11 per cent. Sleep problems in middle-aged and older adults warrant increased attention as a public health problem in Canada.
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36408684
U2 - 10.1017/S0714980822000368
DO - 10.1017/S0714980822000368
M3 - Article
C2 - 36408684
SN - 0714-9808
VL - 42
SP - 230
EP - 240
JO - Canadian Journal on Aging
JF - Canadian Journal on Aging
IS - 2
ER -