TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial Discrimination and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic
T2 - Findings from the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic (HEAP) Study
AU - Niu, Li
AU - Zhang, Donglan
AU - Shi, Lu
AU - Han, Xuesong
AU - Chen, Zhuo
AU - Chen, Liwei
AU - Wen, Ming
AU - Li, Hongmei
AU - Chen, Baojiang
AU - Li, Jian
AU - Su, Dejun
AU - Li, Yan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The New York Academy of Medicine.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Previous research has documented the association between racial discrimination and poor sleep quality. However, few studies have examined this association during the COVID-19 pandemic when racial discrimination is on the rise due to structural injustice and racism against people of color. Using data from the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic (HEAP) Study, a nationally representative survey of US adults, we assessed the association between racial discrimination and sleep quality among overall adults and by race and ethnicity. We found that racial discrimination during the pandemic was significantly associated with higher risks of poor sleep quality among non-Hispanic Black (OR = 2.19, 95% CI: 1.13–4.25) and Asian (OR = 2.75, 95% CI: 1.53–4.94) participants, but not among the other groups. The results suggested that sleep quality among Black and Asian populations may have been disproportionately affected by racial discrimination during the pandemic. Further study is needed to assess the causal relationship between racial discrimination and sleep quality.
AB - Previous research has documented the association between racial discrimination and poor sleep quality. However, few studies have examined this association during the COVID-19 pandemic when racial discrimination is on the rise due to structural injustice and racism against people of color. Using data from the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic (HEAP) Study, a nationally representative survey of US adults, we assessed the association between racial discrimination and sleep quality among overall adults and by race and ethnicity. We found that racial discrimination during the pandemic was significantly associated with higher risks of poor sleep quality among non-Hispanic Black (OR = 2.19, 95% CI: 1.13–4.25) and Asian (OR = 2.75, 95% CI: 1.53–4.94) participants, but not among the other groups. The results suggested that sleep quality among Black and Asian populations may have been disproportionately affected by racial discrimination during the pandemic. Further study is needed to assess the causal relationship between racial discrimination and sleep quality.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Health disparity
KW - Racial discrimination
KW - Sleep
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163618431&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11524-023-00743-w
DO - 10.1007/s11524-023-00743-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 37382863
AN - SCOPUS:85163618431
SN - 1099-3460
VL - 100
SP - 431
EP - 435
JO - Journal of Urban Health
JF - Journal of Urban Health
IS - 3
ER -
