Stress and sleep: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study

Carmela Alcántara; Sanjay R. Patel; Mercedes Carnethon; Sheila F. Castañeda; Carmen R. Isasi; Sonia Davis; Alberto R. Ramos; Elva Arredondo; Susan Redline; Phyllis C. Zee; Linda C. Gallo

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.08.004

Stress and sleep: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study

Carmela Alcántara^*, Sanjay R. Patel, Mercedes Carnethon, Sheila F. Castañeda, Carmen R. Isasi, Sonia Davis, Alberto R. Ramos, Elva Arredondo, Susan Redline, Phyllis C. Zee, Linda C. Gallo

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Hispanics/Latinos face specific sociocultural stressors associated with their marginalized status in the United States. While stress is known to cause poor sleep, the differential effects of the specific stressors faced by Hispanics/Latinos have not been evaluated. Using cross-sectional data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study, we conducted weighted generalized linear models to evaluate the associations of acculturation stress, ethnic discrimination, and chronic moderate/severe stress with self-reported sleep outcomes (insomnia symptoms, daytime sleepiness, sleep duration) in individual and aggregate models adjusted for site, socio-demographics, behavioral, and medical conditions. Participants included 5313 Hispanic/Latino adults; 43.5% ≥ age 45, 54.8% female, and 22.0% US-born. Chronic moderate/severe stress, ethnic discrimination, and acculturation stress were each positively associated with sleep. In the adjusted aggregate model, only chronic moderate/severe stress was associated with insomnia symptoms (exp(b) = 1.07 for each additional stressor, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.09). Both acculturation stress (exp(b) = 1.05 for each additional SD, 95% CI = 1.02, 1.10) and ethnic discrimination (exp(b) = 1.05 for each additional SD, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.08) were associated with daytime sleepiness. Each SD increase in ethnic discrimination related to a 16% and 13% increased prevalence of short (< 7 h) (RRR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.02, 1.31) and long sleep duration (> 9 h) (RRR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.00, 1.27), respectively. These associations were consistent across sex. Acculturation stress and ethnic discrimination are associated with poor sleep in Hispanics/Latinos. Future research should explore whether behavioral sleep interventions minimize the impact of sociocultural stressors on sleep.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	713-721
Number of pages	9
Journal	SSM - Population Health
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.08.004
State	Published - Dec 2017

Funding

The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos was carried out as a collaborative study supported by contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to the University of North Carolina (N01-HC65233), University of Miami (N01-HC65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (N01-HC65235), Northwestern University (N01-HC65236), and San Diego State University (N01-HC65237). The following Institutes/Centers/Offices contribute to the HCHS/SOL through a transfer of funds to the NHLBI: National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the Office of Dietary Supplements. The HCHS/SOL SCAS was funded by NHLBI RC2HL101649 . C. Alcántara is supported by K23 HL125748-01 and S. Patel is supported by HL127307 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

Keywords

Acculturation
Discrimination
Hispanics
Insomnia
Sleep
Stress
United States of America

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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