Impact of sleep disturbances on employment and work productivity among midlife women in the US SWAN database: a brief report.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Menopause is associated with an increased prevalence of sleep difficulties. We evaluated the economic burden of sleep disturbances among working midlife women.

Methods

This retrospective, longitudinal cohort study collected data from the US Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) database of women age 42-52 years at enrollment. We assessed the association between sleep disturbances (trouble falling asleep, waking early, or nocturnal awakenings) and workplace productivity (employment [yes/no] and work hours/wk) for women who were employed at the baseline visit and had ≥1 follow-up visit. We estimated overall economic burden by multiplying changes in productivity by median age-specific hourly US wages. Each woman's data were compared from visit to visit and

SUBMITTER: Kagan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature