And those who reported facing the most discrimination were twice as likely to report having trouble sleeping as the people who reported facing the least discrimination. “In our study, discrimination was a predictor of adverse sleep.”Previous studies have suggested sleep troubles may be more common in people who face discrimination. Discrimination is linked to poor sleep quality and quantityThe researchers analyzed data from a national survey of 361 adults about perceived discrimination and self-reported measures of sleep. The people who reported facing more discrimination had 12 percent higher odds of having poor sleep efficiency ― the ratio of time spent asleep to total time spent in bed ― as measured by the activity trackers. The activity tracker data also showed that people who reported facing the most discrimination took seven minutes longer on average to fall asleep, and spent 11 more minutes awake throughout the night, than the people who reported facing the least discrimination.

Source: Huffington Post January 17, 2017 22:00 UTC