How is persistent insomnia maintained? : A prospective study on 50-60 years old adults in the general population

• Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether arousal, distress, and sleep-related beliefs are related to the maintenance of insomnia in old adults.Design: From a randomly selected sample from the general population (N = 3,600; 50-60 year old), 2,239 participants filled out a baseline and 1-year follow-up survey.Methods: Logistic regressions were used to investigate whether psychological mechanisms were related to sleep status (insomnia: n = 230; poor sleep: n = 210; normal sleep: n = 658; good sleep: n = 253) over one year. Cluster analysis was employed to assess whether it was possible to classify the participants based on their profiles of psychological functioning.Results: The results showed that arousal, sleep-related beliefs about future consequences, and anxiety were significantly related to the maintenance of insomnia (14-66% of the variance). Of the individuals with persistent insomnia, 67% belonged to a cluster characterized by high scores on arousal, sleep-related beliefs, and anxiety, 24% to a cluster defined by medium scores on the three mechanisms, and 9% to a cluster characterized by low scores on the three mechanisms.Conclusions: This investigation shows that arousal, sleep-related beliefs, and anxiety are associated with the maintenance of persistent insomnia, but also that these mechanisms often co-occur in individuals with persistent insomnia.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

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Psychology

Psykologi

Psychology

Psykologi

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