Nocturnal awakenings of Brazilian immigrants in Massachusetts

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the quantity of jobs and nocturnal awakenings of Brazilians living in Massachusetts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We sampled of 48 documented Brazilians around the age of 45.5 years old. 52.1% of them were women. Data gathering occ...

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Autores principales: Paixão, Talita Monsores, Teixeira, Liliane Reis, Cozendey-Silva, Eliana Napoleão, Siqueira, Carlos Eduardo Gomes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104336
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20200040
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the quantity of jobs and nocturnal awakenings of Brazilians living in Massachusetts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We sampled of 48 documented Brazilians around the age of 45.5 years old. 52.1% of them were women. Data gathering occurred for three weeks, using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Participants also wore wrist actigraph and filled sleep/wake diary for a week. RESULTS: The sleep quality of immigrants with one job (mean=8.58, SD=4.16) is better when compared to immigrants with 2-3 jobs (mean=12.7, SD=3.57) according to the PSQI scores. Immigrants with 2-3 jobs reported dissatisfaction on three components of the scale: sleep duration, sleep efficiency and sleep quality. DISCUSSION: There is a positive relationship between the quantity of jobs and nocturnal awakenings and between nocturnal awakenings and complaints related to sleep apnea among Brazilians in Massachusetts. The assessment of systemic morbidities associated with sleep pattern changes should be considered in future research.

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