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Sociodemographic and cultural determinants of sleep deficiency: implications for cardiometabolic disease risk

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Knutson, Kristen L.·2013·Social Science & Medicine

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Sleep is a biological imperative associated with cardiometabolic disease risk. As such, a thorough discussion of the sociocultural and demographic determinants of sleep is warranted, if not overdue. This paper begins with a brief review of the laboratory and epidemiologic evidence linking sleep deficiency, which includes insufficient sleep and poor sleep quality, with increased risk of chronic cardiometabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Identification of the determinants of sleep deficiency is the critical next step to understanding the role sleep plays in human variation in health and disease. Therefore, the majority of this paper describes the different biopsychosocial determinants of sleep, including age, gender, psychosocial factors (depression, stress and loneliness), socioeconomic position and race/ethnicity. In addition, because sleep duration is partly determined by behavior, it will be shaped by cultural values, beliefs and practices. Therefore, possible cultural differences that may impact sleep are discussed. If certain cultural, ethnic or social groups are more likely to experience sleep deficiency, then these differences in sleep could increase their risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Furthermore, if the mechanisms underlying the increased risk of sleep deficiency in certain populations can be identified, interventions could be developed to target these mechanisms, reduce sleep differences and potentially reduce cardiometabolic disease risk.

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Authors
Knutson, K. L.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Knutson, Kristen L.
Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-02
Volume
79
Pages
7-15
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2082861512
Cited by
228
References
107
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FWCI
2.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P30HL101859)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
insufficient sleep, poor sleep quality, cardiometabolic disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, sociodemographic factors, biopsychosocial model, depression, stress, loneliness, socioeconomic position, race and ethnicity, age and gender differences, health disparities
MeSH terms
Adult, Cardiovascular Diseases, Child, Cultural Characteristics, Female, Humans, Male, Metabolic Diseases, Risk Factors, Sleep Deprivation, Socioeconomic Factors, Meta-Analysis as Topic

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