Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Trajectories of Insomnia Symptoms from Childhood to Young Adulthood.
Rupsha SinghRaegan AthaKristina P LenkerSusan L CalhounJiangang LiaoFan HeAlexandros N VgontzasDuanping LiaoEdward O BixlerChandra L JacksonJulio Fernandez-MendozaPublished in: Sleep (2024)
The results indicate that disparities in insomnia symptoms among Black/African American and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic/Latinx groups start early in childhood and persist into young adulthood. Identifying and intervening upon upstream determinants of racial/ethnic insomnia disparities are warranted to directly address these disparities and to prevent their adverse health sequelae.