Sleep Latency and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Retired Career Florida Firefighters: Evidence From the Advancing Epidemiology of Retired Firefighters Aging Longitudinally Cohort.
J Occup Environ Med
; 64(12): e851-e856, 2022 12 01.
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| ID: mdl-36221257
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Our objective was to estimate the association of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep latency among retired firefighters.METHODS:
Baseline health survey data collected from retried career Florida firefighters participating in an ongoing prospective cohort study from 2017 to 2021 were analyzed. Risk for PTSD was assessed using a four-item primary care PTSD screening construct, and sleep onset latency was assessed by self-reported length of time to fall asleep.RESULTS:
Among the 500 participants, 8.0% screened positive for PTSD risk and 37.6% had prolonged sleep onset latency (≥20 minutes to fall asleep). Retired firefighters with PTSD risk were 2.7 times more likely (adjusted odds ratio, 2.70; 95% confidence interval, 1.27-5.75) to have prolonged sleep latency compared with those without PTSD risk while controlling for covariates.CONCLUSIONS:
Retired firefighters who screen positive for PTSD risk are three times more likely to report delayed sleep onset latency.
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos
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Latência do Sono
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article