The impact of home safety on sleep in a Latin American country

• Autores: Simonelli, Guido; Patel, Sanjay R.; Rodríguez Espínola, Solange Sylvia; Pérez Chada, Daniel; Salvia, Agustín; Cardinali, Daniel Pedro; Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
• Año de publicación: 2015
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: Preprint del documento publicado en Sleep Health Vol. 1, N° 2, 2015
• Materia: MEDICINA; SUEÑO; SEGURIDAD; CALIDAD DE VIDA; VIVIENDA
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Fil: Simonelli, Guido. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Simonelli, Guido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Simonelli, Guido. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders; Estados Unidos
Fil: Patel, Sanjay R. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders; Estados Unidos
Fil: Patel, Sanjay R. Harvard Medical School. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Division of Pulmonary; Estados Unidos
Fil: Rodríguez Espínola, Solange. Universidad Católica Argentina. Observatorio de la Deuda Social Argentina; Argentina
Fil: Rodríguez Espínola, Solange. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pérez Chada, Daniel. Hospital Universitario Austral. Departamento de Medicina Interna; Argentina
Fil: Salvia, Agustín. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Observatorio de la Deuda Social Argentina; Argentina
Fil: Salvia, Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Cardinali, Daniel P. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Cardinali, Daniel P. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vigo, Daniel E. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Vigo, Daniel E. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Abstract: Objectives: We sought to assess the impact of feelings of safety in one’s neighborhood and home on sleep quality and sleep duration. Design: A cross-sectional survey using face-to-face interviews, as part of the Argentine Social Debt Observatory (ASDO) assessment. Setting: nationwide data from Argentina. Participants: 5636 participants aged 18 years and older. Intervention (if any): N/A Measurements: The relationships between both subjective sleep quality and self reported sleep duration, categorized as short (<7h), normal (7h to 8h) and long (>8h) with safety in one’s neighborhood and one’s home were analyze. Age, gender, obesity, neighborhood socioeconomic status and education were included as covariates. Results: Feeling unsafe in one’s home was strongly associated with poorer sleep quality and with short sleep duration. Feeling unsafe in one’s neighborhood was initially associated with reduced sleep quality but was no longer significant after controlling for home safety. In contrast, we found no correlation between safety measures and long sleep. In analyses stratified by gender, feeling unsafe in one’s home was associated with poor sleep quality in women but not in men. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that safety in the home has an important effect on both sleep quality and duration, particularly among women. In contrast, after accounting for safety in the home, neighborhood safety does not impact sleep. Further research is warranted to identify mechanisms underlying the gender differences in susceptibility as well as to assess whether interventions addressing safety in the home can be used to improve sleep and overall health.