Citation

Im EO, Teng H, Lee Y, Kang Y, Ham OK, Chee E, Chee W. Fam. Community Health 2014; 37(4): 307-316.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania (Drs Im, Ham, and W. Chee and Mss Teng, Lee, and Kang); Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea (Dr Ham); and School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Ms E. Chee).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0000000000000041

PMID

25167071

Abstract

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.

Language: en