Abstract
Objectives
The present study examines the link between these individual sleep knowledge, goals,
and habits and self-reported sleep quantity in a military setting.
Methods
Survey data from active duty US soldiers were analyzed using a modified Poisson regression
to provide relative risk ratios.
Results
Soldiers who had better sleep knowledge and endorsed healthy sleep goals and habits
were more likely to report adequate sleep (7 or more hours of sleep per 24 hours)
than those who did not. Specifically, soldiers who endorsed a goal of trying to get
at least 7 hours of sleep per night had a 2.8 fold increase in the probability of
reporting adequate sleep relative to short sleep (≤6 hours of sleep per 24 hours).
Conclusions
These findings identify areas of focus for sleep education programs designed to target
soldiers at-risk for insufficient sleep.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 13, 2019
Accepted:
April 22,
2019
Received in revised form:
April 18,
2019
Received:
November 6,
2018
Footnotes
☆Disclosure Statement: Material has been reviewed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. There is no objection to its presentation and/or publication. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author, and are not to be construed as official, or as reflecting true views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. The investigators have adhered to the policies for protection of human subjects as prescribed in AR 70-25.
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