Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This article aims to report on the sleep health characteristics of a population-level sample of young Australian adults and examine associations with measures of physical and mental health. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using data from the Raine Study. Data from participants (n = 1234) born into the study (Generation 2) at the 22-year follow-up were used, including data from a self-report questionnaire and polysomnography. RESULTS: The highest prevalence of suboptimal sleep health was seen on measures of sleep duration (30%), onset latency (18%), satisfaction (25%) and regularity (60%). Dissatisfaction with sleep (physical health: =0.08; mental health: =0.34) and impaired daytime alertness (physical health: =0.09; mental health: =0.08) were significantly associated with poorer physical and mental health and inadequate polysomnography-measured sleep duration was associated poorer mental health ( =0.07) (all ps < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Satisfaction with sleep and daytime alertness, both of which are assessed via self-report, are essential aspects of sleep health for young adults. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Findings could inform public health interventions, including screening guidelines, to improve the sleep health and, in turn, the physical and mental health of young adults in Australia.

RAS ID

62031

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

8-1-2023

Volume

47

Issue

4

Funding Information

The University University of Western Australia / Curtin University / Telethon Kids Institute / Women and Infants Research Foundation / Edith Cowan University / Murdoch University / The University of Notre Dame Australia / Raine Medical Research Foundation / National Health and Medical Research Council

PubMed ID

37474415

School

School of Education

Grant Number

NHMRC Numbers: 1027449, 1044840, 1021858

Grant Link

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1027449

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Publisher

Elsevier

Comments

Metse, A. P., Eastwood, P., Ree, M., Lopresti, A., Scott, J. J., & Bowman, J. (2023). Sleep health of young adults in Western Australia and associations with physical and mental health: A population-level cross-sectional study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(4), article 100070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100070

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10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100070