Socioeconomic Deprivation, Sleep Duration, and Mental Health during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stephanie Griggs (), Christine Horvat Davey, Quiana Howard, Grant Pignatiello and Deepesh Duwadi
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Stephanie Griggs: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Christine Horvat Davey: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Quiana Howard: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Grant Pignatiello: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Deepesh Duwadi: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-10

Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a rapid and sustained negative impact on sleep and mental health in the United States with disproportionate morbidity and mortality among socioeconomically deprived populations. We used multivariable and logistic regression to evaluate the associations among sleep duration, mental health, and socioeconomic deprivation (social deprivation index) in 14,676 Ohio residents from 1101 zip code tabulation areas from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Higher socioeconomic deprivation was associated with shorter sleep and poorer mental health after adjusting for covariates (age, sex, race, education, income, and body mass index) in the multivariable linear regression models. Those in the highest socioeconomically deprived areas had 1.6 and 1.5 times higher odds of short sleep (duration < 6 h) and poor mental health (>14 poor mental health days), respectively, in the logistic regression models. Previous researchers have focused on limited socio-environmental factors such as crowding and income. We examined the role of a composite area based measure of socioeconomic deprivation in sleep duration and mental health during the first year of COVID-19. Our results suggest the need for a broader framework to understand the associations among socioeconomic deprivation, sleep duration, and mental health during a catastrophic event.

Keywords: COVID-19; sleep duration; mental health; socioeconomic deprivation; social deprivation index; health outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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