Reciprocal relations between work stress and insomnia symptoms: A prospective study

Johanna Garefelt; Loretta G. Platts; Martin Hyde; Linda L. Magnusson Hanson; Hugo Westerlund; Torbjörn Åkerstedt

doi:10.1111/jsr.12949

journal article Open Access Dec 02, 2019

Reciprocal relations between work stress and insomnia symptoms: A prospective study

Johanna Garefelt

Loretta G. Platts

Martin Hyde

Linda L. Magnusson Hanson

Hugo Westerlund

Torbjörn Åkerstedt

Journal of Sleep Research Vol. 29 No. 2 · Wiley

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Abstract

SummaryWork stress and poor sleep are closely related in cross‐sectional data, but evidence from prospective data is limited. We analysed how perceived stress and work stressors (work demands, decision authority and workplace social support) are related to key dimensions of insomnia over time, using structural equation modelling. Biennial measurements from a large sample of the working population in Sweden enabled us to analyse both the relationship from stress to sleep as well as that from sleep to stress. Overall, we found reciprocal relations between insomnia and all four stress measures. However, looking at the relation between each dimension of insomnia and each stress measure, there were some differences in direction of effects. In the direction from stress to sleep, all work stressors as well as perceived stress predicted both difficulties initiating sleep and difficulties maintaining sleep. The same was found for non‐restorative sleep, with the exception for decision authority. In the opposite direction, difficulties maintaining sleep predicted increased levels of work demands and perceived stress. Difficulties initiating sleep stood out among the insomnia symptoms as not predicting any of the stress measures, while non‐restorative sleep was the only symptom predicting all stress measures. The results advance the understanding of the stress−sleep relationship and indicate a potential vicious circle between insomnia and perceived stress as well as work stressors, suggesting that the workplace could be an arena for interventions to alleviate insomnia.

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Published: Dec 02, 2019
Vol/Issue: 29(2)
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Authors

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Johanna Garefelt

Stress Research Institute Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden

L

Loretta G. Platts

Stress Research Institute Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden

M

Martin Hyde

Centre for Innovative Ageing Swansea University Swansea UK

L

Linda L. Magnusson Hanson

Stress Research Institute Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden

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Hugo Westerlund

Stress Research Institute Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden; Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

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Torbjörn Åkerstedt

Stress Research Institute Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden; Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

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Johanna Garefelt, Loretta G. Platts, Martin Hyde, et al. (2019). Reciprocal relations between work stress and insomnia symptoms: A prospective study. Journal of Sleep Research, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12949

Reciprocal relations between work stress and insomnia symptoms: A prospective study

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