2024
Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia in Black women: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Nam S, Jeon S, Ordway M, Mazure C, Sinha R, Yau L, Iennaco J. Mindfulness-based therapy for insomnia in Black women: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 2024, 47: 1094-1106. PMID: 39306634, DOI: 10.1007/s10865-024-00521-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient Health Questionnaire-9Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety InventoryInsomnia Severity IndexHealth educationMindfulness-based therapyBlack womenDepressive symptomsEfficacy of mindfulness-based therapyAttention control groupSleep health disparitiesPost-intervention changesState-Trait Anxiety InventoryPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexInsomnia severity scoresSleep Quality IndexInsomnia Severity Index scoreBehavioral sleep strategiesRandomized controlled trialsClinically significant improvementPhysical activityHealth disparitiesHealthy eatingSleep hygiene practicesImprove anxietyWeekly sessions
2023
Early emergence of racial and ethnic differences in sleep health among toddlers living in low-income families
Ordway M, Sadler L, Jeon S, Pierre J, Canapari C, Redeker N. Early emergence of racial and ethnic differences in sleep health among toddlers living in low-income families. Sleep Health 2023, 9: 389-397. PMID: 37453903, PMCID: PMC10517059, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAverage sleep durationSleep healthGroup differencesEthnic differencesBrief Infant Sleep QuestionnaireAge-based recommendationsSleep health disparitiesInfant Sleep QuestionnaireLow-income familiesMonths of ageChildren's sleep healthSleep QuestionnaireSleep durationLarge effect sizesSleep diaryBedtime variabilityActigraph dataHealth disparitiesEarlier bedtimesSociodemographic variablesSocioeconomic differencesMarital statusBedtimeEarly childhoodYoung children