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. 2017 Mar;38(3):276-283.
doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.3.17101.

Prevalence of sleep duration among Saudi adults

Anwar E Ahmed  1 , Fares Al-Jahdali, Abdulaziz AlALwan, Faisal Abuabat, Salih A Bin Salih, Abdullah Al-Harbi, Salim Baharoon, Mohammad Khan, Yosra Z Ali, Hamdan Al-Jahdali
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Prevalence of sleep duration among Saudi adults

Anwar E Ahmed et al. Saudi Med J. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

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 greater than 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.

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Relationship between body mass index (BMI) and predicted sleep duration, adjusted for age and gender.
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