TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Does sleep quality mediate the association between neighborhood disorder and self-rated physical health?
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Hale, Lauren
A1  - Hill, Terrence D.
A1  - Burdette, Amy M.
SP  - 275
EP  - 278
VL  - 51
IS  - 3-4
N2  - OBJECTIVES: We examine the association between perceived neighborhood disorder and self-rated physical health. Building on previous research, we test whether this association is mediated by sleep quality. METHODS: We use data from the 2004 Survey of Texas Adults (n=1,323) to estimate a series of ordinary least squares regression models. We formally assess mediation by testing for significant changes in the effect of neighborhood disorder before and after adjusting for sleep quality. RESULTS: We find that residence in a neighborhood that is perceived as noisy, unclean, and crime-ridden is associated with poorer self-rated physical health, even with controls for irregular exercise, poor diet quality, smoking, binge drinking, obesity and a host of relevant sociodemographic factors. Our results also indicate that the relationship between neighborhood disorder and self-rated physical health is partially mediated by lower sleep quality. CONCLUSION: Targeted interventions designed to promote sleep quality in disadvantaged neighborhoods may help to improve the physical health of residents in the short-term. Policies aimed at solving the problem of neighborhood disorder are needed to support sleep quality and physical health in the long-term.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.06.017
ID  - ref1
ER  -