Associations Between the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Sleep and Mental Health of Japanese People: A 3-Wave Repeated Survey.
Yu ItoMasahiro TakeshimaYoshitaka KaneitaNaohisa UchimuraYuichi InoueMakoto HondaWataru YamaderaNorio WatanabeShingo KitamuraIsa OkajimaNaoko AyabeHaruko HiraikeKazuo MishimaPublished in: Nature and science of sleep (2022)
This study demonstrated that the prevalence of insomnia was significantly higher after the earthquake. Moreover, individuals with insomnia were more likely to experience psychological distress after the earthquake that continued until 2012.