Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances in Latin American Populations and Its Association with Their Socioeconomic Status-A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.
Faustin Armel Etindele SossoFilipa Torres SilvaRita Queiroz RodriguesMargarida M CarvalhoSofia ZoukalGabriel Cordova ZaratePublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
This meta-analysis shows that lower SES (education, income, and work) was associated with sleep disturbances in Latin America. Therefore, sleep disturbance management should be addressed with a multidimensional approach, and a significant investment in targeted public health programs to reduce sleep disparities and support research should be made by the government before the situation becomes uncontrollable.