Open AccessPhysical Activities and Sleep-Related Symptoms in 4 Major Racial/Ethnic Groups of Midlife Women
Author(s) -
EunOk Im,
Helen Teng,
Yaelim Lee,
Youjeong Kang,
Ok Kyung Ham,
Eunice Chee,
Wonshik Chee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
family and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1550-5057
pISSN - 0160-6379
DOI - 10.1097/fch.0000000000000041
Subject(s) - ethnic group , sleep (system call) , multilevel model , descriptive statistics , logistic regression , analysis of variance , gerontology , physical activity , medicine , ethnically diverse , psychology , clinical psychology , demography , physical therapy , sociology , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , operating system
The purpose of this study was to determine racial/ethnic differences in midlife women's sleep-related symptoms, relationships between their physical activity and sleep-related symptoms, and specific factors associated with their sleep-related symptoms in each racial/ethnic group. This was a secondary analysis of the data from 542 midlife women in the United States. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, χ tests, analysis of variance, hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses, and logistic regression analyses. The findings indicated that physical activities could improve midlife women's sleep-related symptoms, but the types of physical activities and racially/ethnically different factors associated with sleep-related symptoms need to be considered.