Sleep health epidemiology in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of poor sleep quality and sleep duration

G Simonelli, NS Marshall, A Grillakis, CB Miller… - Sleep Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Sleep research has been dominated by high income countries (HIC). Sleep may be different
in low and middle income countries (LMIC) due to cultural, demographic, geographical and …

Sleepiness, sleep deprivation, quality of life, mental symptoms and perception of academic environment in medical students

B Perotta, FM Arantes-Costa, SC Enns… - BMC Medical …, 2021 - Springer
Background It has been previously shown that a high percentage of medical students have
sleep problems that interfere with academic performance and mental health. Methods To …

Sleep and light exposure across different levels of urbanisation in Brazilian communities

LK Pilz, R Levandovski, MAB Oliveira, MP Hidalgo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Quilombos are settlements originally founded by Africans and African descendants
(Quilombolas) in remote parts of Brazil to escape slavery. Due to individual histories …

Subjective sleep quality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian rural population

TP Taporoski, F Beijamini, LM Gómez, FS Ruiz… - Sleep Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Prior studies have examined sleep during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, but have few compared sleep measured both during and prior to COVID. We …

Comparison between an African town and a neighbouring village shows delayed, but not decreased, sleep during the early stages of urbanisation

AD Beale, M Pedrazzoli, BSB Gonçalves… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The well-established negative health outcomes of sleep deprivation, and the suggestion that
availability of electricity may enable later bed times without compensating sleep extension in …

Early chronotype with advanced activity rhythms and dim light melatonin onset in a rural population

FS Ruiz, F Beijamini, AD Beale… - Journal of pineal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studying communities at different stages of urbanisation and industrialisation can teach us
how timing and intensity of light affect the circadian clock under real‐life conditions. We have …

Poor sleep quality and lipid profile in a rural cohort (The Baependi Heart Study)

GR Geovanini, G Lorenzi-Filho, LK de Paula… - Sleep medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim To test the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and subjective sleep quality
assessed by the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), independent of obstructive sleep …

Assessment of psychometric properties of the Dari version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among Afghans

A Neyazi, BA Rahimi, AQ Mohammadi, M Neyazi… - Discover …, 2024 - Springer
Background Sleep helps in improving the functions of all systems of human body.
Disturbance in sleep can cause immediate adverse effects on normal human physiologic …

The effect of urbanization on sleep, sleep/wake routine, and metabolic health of residents in the Amazon region of Brazil

AJ Martins, CM Isherwood… - Chronobiology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Studying communities with different levels of urbanization may further the understanding of
risk factors underlying metabolic diseases. The present study is unique by comprising …

[HTML][HTML] Qualidade e duração de sono entre usuários da rede pública de saúde

ND Simões, LHB Monteiro, R Lucchese… - Acta Paulista de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo Avaliar a qualidade e tempo de sono entre usuários da rede pública de saúde e
fatores associados. Métodos Estudo transversal, realizado com 775 indivíduos de ambos os …