@article{ref1,
title="Characterization of sleep among deaf individuals",
journal="Sleep health",
year="2022",
author="Carr, Michelle and Yoo, Alexander and Guardino, Donna and Hall, Wyatte C. and McIntosh, Scott and Pigeon, Wilfred R.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Numerous health disparities are documented in deaf population research, but few empirical sleep assessments exist for this under-served population, despite knowledge that sleep contributes to physical and mental health disparities. We sought to document subjective and objective sleep in deaf adults with cross-sectional and prospective measures. <br><br>METHODS: Twenty deaf participants completed validated sleep and mental health questionnaires, 2-weeks of nightly sleep diaries and continuous wrist-worn actigraphy monitoring, and 1-week of nightly, reduced-montage EEG recordings. <br><br>RESULTS: Questionnaire data suggest high prevalence of insomnia (70%), poor sleep (75%), daytime sleepiness (25%) and nightmares (20%) among participants. Strong correlations were found between depression and sleep quality, fear of sleep, and insomnia severity (p's <.005). <br><br>OBJECTIVE sleep assessments suggest elevated wake after sleep onset and low sleep efficiency and sleep duration. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of sleep disturbance recorded from self-report and objective sleep measures provides preliminary evidence of sleep health disparity among deaf adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-7218",
doi="10.1016/j.sleh.2022.10.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.10.011"
}