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Citation

Dickerson SS, Klingman KJ, Jungquist CR. Sleep Health 2016; 2(3): 253-259.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.sleh.2016.06.004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVEs
The study's purpose was to understand the common meanings and shared practices related to good and bad sleep from narratives of a sample of healthy participants.

Design
Interpretive phenomenology was the approach to analyze narratives of the participants' everyday experiences with sleep. Participants were interviewed and asked to describe typical good and bad nights' sleep, what contributes to their sleep experience, and the importance of sleep in their lives. Team interpretations of narratives identified common themes by consensus.

Setting
Medium sized city in New York State (upper west region).

Participants
A sample of 30 healthy participants were from a parent study (n = 300) on testing the sleep questions from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Measurements/analysis
Interpretations of good and bad sleep.

Results
Participants described similar experiences of good and bad sleep often directly related to their ability to schedule time to sleep, fall asleep, and maintain sleep. Worrying about life stresses and interruptions prevented participants from falling asleep and staying asleep. Yet, based on current life priorities (socializers, family work focused, and optimum health seekers), they had differing values related to seeking sleep opportunities and strategizing to overcome challenges.

Conclusions
The participants' priorities reflected the context of their main concerns and stresses in life that influenced the importance given to promoting sleep opportunities. Public health messages tailored to life priorities could be developed to promote healthy sleep practices.


Language: en

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