Thirty-six-year secular trends in sleep duration and sleep satisfaction, and associations with mental stress and socioeconomic factors - Results of the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Sweden: Trends in sleep duration

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 496-503

  Rowshan Ravan, Andisheh ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Lapidus, Leif ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mental stress; secular trends; sleeping problems; socioeconomic factors; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SATISFACTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955157797     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2009.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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