Open AccessPerceived sleep quality, coping behavior, and associations with major depression among older adults
Author(s) -
Rachel S. Bergmans,
Kara Zivin,
Briana Mezuk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1461-7277
pISSN - 1359-1053
DOI - 10.1177/1359105319891650
Subject(s) - overeating , coping (psychology) , odds ratio , confidence interval , clinical psychology , logistic regression , medicine , odds , psychiatry , psychology , obesity
In older adults, we determined (1) the association of perceived sleep quality with stress-coping behaviors (drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, medication/drug use, overeating, prayer, exercise, social support, and treatment from a health professional) and (2) whether coping behavior mediated the relationship of perceived sleep quality with depression. Data came from the US Health and Retirement Study 2008-2010 ( n = 1174). Using logistic regression, poor perceived sleep quality was associated with medication/drug use (odds ratio = 2.9; 95% confidence interval = 1.4-6.0) and overeating (odds ratio = 1.6; 95% confidence interval = 1.1-2.5). However, using structural equation modeling, coping behavior did not mediate the relationship of perceived sleep quality with depression symptomology ( p = 0.14).