Table 3 Self-report sleep measures in US sample and stratified samples.

From: An international multi-cohort investigation of self-reported sleep and future depressive symptoms in older adults

 

US sample (N = 4826)

RS sample (N = 3663)

Sleep health

 Daytime symptoms

9.9% (478)

3.0% (111)

 Poor sleep quality

13.0% (629)

9.4% (344)

 Sleep midpoint

  Early (< 02:00)

15.9% (766)

21.7% (794)

  Late (> 04:00)

8.0% (386)

20.0% (734)

 Sleep duration

  Short (< 6 h)

11.7% (565)

14.3% (522)

  Long (> 8 h)

8.2% (397)

8.8% (322)

 Low sleep efficiency (< 85%)

40.9% (1976)

23.9% (877)

Sleep disorders

 Difficulty falling asleep

27.3% (1317)

20.6% (756)

 Difficulty staying asleep

52.1% (2516)

13.5% (496)

 Snoring

  At least once/week

23.9% (1151)

43.9% (1607)

  Never/rarely

34.6% (1672)

46.4% (1701)

  Don’t know

41.5% (2003)

9.7% (355)

 Stops breathing during sleep

  Ever reported

41.5% (2003)

12.3% (450)

  Never

42.2% (2037)

70.6% (2586)

  Don’t know

50.9% (2457)

17.1% (627)

Composite sleep scores

 All sleep—unweighted

  0

11.2% (542)

18.2% (655)

  1

23.2% (1120)

30.8% (1130)

  2

25.3% (1223)

25.3% (927)

  3

19.1% (920)

13.0% (475)

  4–6

20.0% (968)

12.1% (441)

  7–9

1.0% (53)

0.7% (25)

 All sleep—weighteda

  0

5.8% (281)

35.7% (1306)

  1

28.9% (1393)

27.0% (988)

  2

23.8% (1147)

12.7% (466)

  3

12.8% (620)

10.4% (381)

  4–6

24.1% (1159)

13.0% (477)

  7–9

4.7% (226)

1.3% (45)

 Insomnia with short sleep

  No (0)

90.4% (4361)

90.5% (3315)

  Yes (1)

9.6% (465)

9.5% (348)

 SATED score

  0

34.7% (1674)

49.4% (1810)

  1

36.4% (1755)

31.3% (1147)

  2

18.7% (901)

11.8% (433)

  3

7.5% (362)

5.7% (209)

  4

2.4% (116)

1.5% (56)

  5

0.4% (18)

0.2% (8)

Selected score

  0

67.0% (3233)

78% (2857)

  1

28.8% (1391)

7.3% (745)

  2

4.2% (202)

1.7% (61)

  1. Cells shown %(N) unless otherwise indicated.
  2. aRounded to the nearest integer.