Author:
Kim Byoungjun,Troxel Wendy M,Dubowitz Tamara,Hunter Gerald P,Ghosh-Dastidar Bonnie,Chaix Basile,Rudolph Kara E,Morrison Christopher N,Branas Charles C,Duncan Dustin T
Abstract
Abstract
In the present study, we examined the associations between physical characteristics of neighborhoods and sleep health outcomes and assessed the mediating role of physical activity in these associations. A longitudinal study (the Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Eating, Shopping, and Health (PHRESH) Zzz Study; n = 1,051) was conducted in 2 low-income, predominately African-American neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with repeated measures of neighborhood characteristics and sleep health outcomes from 2013 to 2018. Built environment measures of walkability, urban design, and neighborhood disorder were captured from systematic field observations. Sleep health outcomes included insufficient sleep, sleep duration, wakefulness after sleep onset, and sleep efficiency measured from 7-day actigraphy data. G-computations based on structural nested mean models were used to examine the total effects of each built environment feature, and causal mediation analyses were used to evaluate direct and indirect effects operating through physical activity. Urban design features were associated with decreased wakefulness after sleep onset (risk difference (RD) = −1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI): −4.31, −0.33). Neighborhood disorder (RD = −0.46, 95% CI: −0.86, −0.07) and crime rate (RD = −0.54, 95% CI: −0.93, −0.08) were negatively associated with sleep efficiency. Neighborhood walkability was not associated with sleep outcomes. We did not find a strong and consistent mediating role of physical activity. Interventions to improve sleep should target modifiable factors, including urban design and neighborhood disorder.
Funder
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Cancer Institute
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Cited by
2 articles.
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