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A Multifactorial Approach to Sleep and Its Association with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Multiethnic Asian Working Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

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  • Gerard Dunleavy

    (Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore)

  • André Comiran Tonon

    (Laboratório de Cronobiologia e Sono, Porto Alegre Clínicas Hospital (HCPA), Porto Alegre 90035-007, Brazil
    Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 90040-060, Brazil)

  • Ai Ping Chua

    (Department of Medicine, Jurong Health Campus, National University Health System, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609606, Singapore)

  • Yichi Zhang

    (Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore)

  • Kei Long Cheung

    (Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK)

  • Thuan-Quoc Thach

    (Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore)

  • Yuri Rykov

    (Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore)

  • Chee-Kiong Soh

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore)

  • Georgios Christopoulos

    (Division of Leadership, Management and Organisation, Nanyang Business School, College of Business, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore)

  • Hein de Vries

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht POB 616 6022 MD, The Netherlands)

  • Josip Car

    (Centre for Population Health Sciences, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore
    Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

Abstract

This study aims to explore if objectively and subjectively measured sleep parameters are associated with physical and mental health-related quality of life in a multiethnic working population in Singapore. We performed a cross-sectional analysis with data from 329 full-time employees enrolled in a workplace cohort study in Singapore. The Short-Form 36v2 (SF-36v2) survey was used to assess health-related quality of life, in terms of physical and mental health. Subjective and objective sleep parameters were measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and wrist actigraphy, respectively. Generalized linear modeling was performed to examine the association between sleep parameters and health-related quality of life. After adjusting for confounders, subjectively measured sleep disturbances were associated with a lower physical health-related quality of life, whereas higher, objectively measured sleep efficiency was associated with greater physical health-related quality of life. Subjectively measured daytime dysfunction was associated with impaired mental health-related quality of life. Using both objective and subjective measurements of sleep, the current study suggests that there is an association between sleep and health-related quality of life. Workplace health-promotion planners in Singapore should consider programmes that educate workers on better sleep hygiene practices in an effort to improve sleep and health-related quality of life.

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  • Gerard Dunleavy & André Comiran Tonon & Ai Ping Chua & Yichi Zhang & Kei Long Cheung & Thuan-Quoc Thach & Yuri Rykov & Chee-Kiong Soh & Georgios Christopoulos & Hein de Vries & Josip Car, 2019. "A Multifactorial Approach to Sleep and Its Association with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Multiethnic Asian Working Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(21), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:21:p:4147-:d:281001
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