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Multidimensional Environmental Factors and Sleep Health for Aging Adults: A Focused Narrative Review

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  • Eunhwa Yang

    (School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Aliaa Ismail

    (School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Yujin Kim

    (School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Ece Erdogmus

    (School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Julie Boron

    (Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA)

  • Felicia Goldstein

    (Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA)

  • Jennifer DuBose

    (SimTigrate Design Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

  • Craig Zimring

    (SimTigrate Design Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA)

Abstract

The timing, amount, and quality of sleep are critical for an individual’s health and quality of life. This paper provides a focused narrative review of the existing literature around multidimensional environments and sleep health for aging adults. Five electronic databases, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/Medline; EBSCOhost, PsycINFO (ProQuest), and Google Scholar yielded 54,502 total records. After removing duplicates, non-peer reviewed academic articles, and nonrelevant articles, 70 were included for review. We were able to categorize environmental factors into housing security, home environment, and neighborhood environment, and, within each environmental category, specific elements/aspects are discussed. This paper provides a comprehensive map connecting identified levels of influence (individual, home/house, and neighborhood-level) in which subfactors are listed under each level of influence/category with the related literature list. Our review highlights that multidimensional environmental factors can affect aging adults’ sleep health and eventually their physical, mental, and cognitive health and that sleep disparities exist in racial minorities in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in which cumulative environmental stressors coexist. Based on this focused narrative review on the multidimensional sleep environments for aging adults, knowledge gaps are identified, and future research directions are suggested.

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  • Eunhwa Yang & Aliaa Ismail & Yujin Kim & Ece Erdogmus & Julie Boron & Felicia Goldstein & Jennifer DuBose & Craig Zimring, 2022. "Multidimensional Environmental Factors and Sleep Health for Aging Adults: A Focused Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-14, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:23:p:15481-:d:980754
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