RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence of sleep duration among Saudi adults
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 276
OP 283
DO 10.15537/smj.2017.3.17101
VO 38
IS 3
A1 Ahmed, Anwar E.
A1 Al-Jahdali, Fares
A1 AlALwan, Abdulaziz
A1 Abuabat, Faisal
A1 Salih, Salih Bin
A1 Al-Harbi, Abdullah
A1 Baharoon, Salim
A1 Khan, Mohammad
A1 Ali, Yosra Z.
A1 Al-Jahdali, Hamdan
YR 2017
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/38/3/276.abstract
AB Objectives: To examine the associations between sleep duration and a variety of demographic and clinical variables in a sample of Saudi adults.Methods: A cross-sectional study among 2,095 participants was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between May and October 2014. A questionnaire was administered to collect data related to clinical health outcomes and demographic characteristics. Participants were asked to report their average sleep duration per night in hours.Results: One-third (33.8%) reported short sleep duration of less than 7 hours/night. Short sleep duration was more prevalent in females (37.3% versus 31.4%, p=0.004). The most common medical problems reported were obesity with body mass index of >30 Kg/m2 (39.1%), hypertension (33.9%), diabetes mellitus (20.8%), depression (4.3%), asthma (17.3%), COPD (6.6%), and hyperlipidemia (2.7%). Diabetes mellitus was associated with long sleep of more than 9 hours/night (25.4%, p=0.011) and hypertension (54.2%, p=0.001). The linear regression model tend to reduce their sleep duration by roughly 22 minutes in female gender, 66 minutes in participants with hyperlipidemia, and 70 minutes in participants with poor sleep quality.Conclusions: Short sleep duration per night was prevalent, it affects one in every 3 Saudi adults. Long sleep duration of more than 9 hours was associated with increased comorbid conditions.