TY - JOUR
T1 - Beliefs about sleep and perceived sleep quality are associated with quality of life among perimenopausal women
AU - Arigo, Danielle
AU - Kloss, Jacqueline D.
AU - Kniele, Kathryn
AU - Gilrain, Kelly
N1 - Funding Information:
We are most grateful to the women who participated in the study and for the Devereux Foundation of Drexel University for funding this work.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Sleep disturbance is a common complaint among perimenopausal women and is hypothesized to contribute to compromises in their quality of life (QoL). We investigated the degree to which sleep disturbance and QoL were related and whether dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep were significantly associated with QoL ratings among a community sample of 168 perimenopausal women (88% return rate). Questionnaires included measures of subjective sleep quality, beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and QoL. Subjective sleep quality accounted for a significant amount of variance in both the physical and mental health aspects of QoL. Dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep significantly accounted for the physical components of QoL but not mental components. The interplay among sleep quality, dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and QoL is discussed, as well as potential clinical implications and ideas for future investigations specific to perimenopausal women.
AB - Sleep disturbance is a common complaint among perimenopausal women and is hypothesized to contribute to compromises in their quality of life (QoL). We investigated the degree to which sleep disturbance and QoL were related and whether dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep were significantly associated with QoL ratings among a community sample of 168 perimenopausal women (88% return rate). Questionnaires included measures of subjective sleep quality, beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and QoL. Subjective sleep quality accounted for a significant amount of variance in both the physical and mental health aspects of QoL. Dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep significantly accounted for the physical components of QoL but not mental components. The interplay among sleep quality, dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and QoL is discussed, as well as potential clinical implications and ideas for future investigations specific to perimenopausal women.
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U2 - 10.1080/15402000701557342
DO - 10.1080/15402000701557342
M3 - Article
C2 - 17937581
AN - SCOPUS:38449116414
SN - 1540-2002
VL - 5
SP - 241
EP - 255
JO - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
JF - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
IS - 4
ER -