Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Health Educ Behav. 2024 Feb;51(1):155-166. doi: 10.1177/10901981231177687. Epub 2023 Jun 12.
Poor sleep can contribute to poorer health and socioemotional outcomes. Sleep health can be influenced by a range of individual and other socioecological factors. Perceptions of neighborhood physical and social characteristics reflect broader social-level factors that may influence sleep, which have not been well studied in the Australian context. This study examined the association between perceived neighborhood characteristics and sleep in a large sample of Australians.
Data were from 9,792 people aged 16 years or older, from Waves 16 and 17 of the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Associations between perceived neighborhood characteristics (neighborly interaction and support, environmental noise, physical condition, and insecurity) and self-reported sleep duration, sleep disturbance, and napping were examined using multiple logistic regression models.
"Neighborhood interaction and support" and "neighborhood physical condition" were not significantly associated with any sleep outcomes after adjusting for relevant covariates. However, "environmental noise" and "neighborhood insecurity" remained significantly associated with sleep duration and sleep disturbance. None of the neighborhood characteristics were associated with napping. Furthermore, associations did not significantly vary by gender.
This study highlights the potential benefit of public health policies to address noise and safety in neighborhoods to improve sleep.
睡眠质量差可能会导致健康状况和社会情感问题恶化。睡眠质量可能受到一系列个人和其他社会生态因素的影响。对邻里物质和社会特征的感知反映了更广泛的社会层面因素，这些因素可能会影响睡眠，而在澳大利亚的背景下，这些因素尚未得到充分研究。本研究在一个大样本的澳大利亚人群中调查了感知邻里特征与睡眠之间的关系。
数据来自全国代表性的家庭、收入和劳动力动态澳大利亚调查的第 16 和 17 波。使用多逻辑回归模型研究感知邻里特征（邻里互动和支持、环境噪声、物质条件和不安全）与自我报告的睡眠持续时间、睡眠障碍和小睡之间的关联。
在调整相关协变量后，“邻里互动和支持”和“邻里物质条件”与任何睡眠结果均无显著关联。然而，“环境噪声”和“邻里不安全”仍然与睡眠持续时间和睡眠障碍显著相关。没有邻里特征与小睡有关。此外，关联在性别上没有显著差异。
本研究强调了公共卫生政策在解决邻里噪音和安全问题以改善睡眠方面的潜在益处。
