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01-06-2015

Associations between sleep difficulties and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in veterans and active duty military personnel of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts

Auteurs: Christi S. Ulmer, Hayden B. Bosworth, Anne Germain, Jennifer Lindquist, Maren Olsen, Mira Brancu, Jean C. Beckham, the VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center Registry Workgroup

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 3/2015

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that sleep disturbance may play an important role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite the prevalence of sleep complaints among service members of recent military conflicts, few studies have examined associations between sleep and risk factors for CVD in this population. Symptom checklist items regarding distress about “trouble falling asleep” and “restless/disturbed sleep” were used as proxies for sleep onset and maintenance difficulties to examine these associations in US military service members of recent conflicts. Veterans having both sleep onset and maintenance difficulties had greater odds of being a current smoker and having psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses. Increased odds of a self-reported hypertension diagnosis and elevated systolic blood pressure were also found in certain subsets of this sample. Findings highlight the need for greater recognition of sleep difficulties as a CVD risk factor in a population known to be at increased risk for this condition.
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Titel
Associations between sleep difficulties and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in veterans and active duty military personnel of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts
Auteurs
Christi S. Ulmer
Hayden B. Bosworth
Anne Germain
Jennifer Lindquist
Maren Olsen
Mira Brancu
Jean C. Beckham
the VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center Registry Workgroup
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-015-9627-4