Multidimensional Environmental Factors and Sleep Health for Aging Adults: A Focused Narrative Review

Eunhwa Yang (), Aliaa Ismail, Yujin Kim, Ece Erdogmus, Julie Boron, Felicia Goldstein, Jennifer DuBose and Craig Zimring
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Eunhwa Yang: School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Aliaa Ismail: School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Yujin Kim: School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Ece Erdogmus: School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Julie Boron: Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
Felicia Goldstein: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Jennifer DuBose: SimTigrate Design Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Craig Zimring: SimTigrate Design Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: The timing, amount, and quality of sleep are critical for an individual’s health and quality of life. This paper provides a focused narrative review of the existing literature around multidimensional environments and sleep health for aging adults. Five electronic databases, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/Medline; EBSCOhost, PsycINFO (ProQuest), and Google Scholar yielded 54,502 total records. After removing duplicates, non-peer reviewed academic articles, and nonrelevant articles, 70 were included for review. We were able to categorize environmental factors into housing security, home environment, and neighborhood environment, and, within each environmental category, specific elements/aspects are discussed. This paper provides a comprehensive map connecting identified levels of influence (individual, home/house, and neighborhood-level) in which subfactors are listed under each level of influence/category with the related literature list. Our review highlights that multidimensional environmental factors can affect aging adults’ sleep health and eventually their physical, mental, and cognitive health and that sleep disparities exist in racial minorities in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in which cumulative environmental stressors coexist. Based on this focused narrative review on the multidimensional sleep environments for aging adults, knowledge gaps are identified, and future research directions are suggested.

Keywords: built environment; psychosocial environments; sleep health; sleep disparities; aging adults (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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