TABLE 1—
Variables | With Sleep Disturbance, No. (%) | Without Sleep Disturbance, No. (%) | χ2 | P |
Gender | 6.06 | .03a | ||
Male | 164 (94.8) | 206 (99.0) | ||
Female | 9 (5.2) | 2 (1.0) | ||
Race/ethnicity | 5.66 | .02 | ||
White | 150 (86.7) | 159 (76.4) | ||
Minority | 23 (13.3) | 47 (22.6) | ||
Age, y | 25.87 | < .001a | ||
18–34 | 3 (1.7) | 8 (3.8) | ||
35–54 | 45 (26.0) | 26 (12.5) | ||
55–74 | 88 (50.9) | 85 (40.9) | ||
≥ 75 | 37 (21.4) | 89 (42.8) | ||
Region | 0.45 | .5 | ||
VISN 2 | 51 (29.5) | 68 (32.7) | ||
VISN 11 | 122 (70.5) | 140 (67.3) | ||
Diagnosisb | 72.69 | < .001 | ||
Yes | 157 (90.8) | 104 (50.0) | ||
No | 16 (9.2) | 104 (50.0) |
Note. VISN = Veterans Integrated Service Network. For veterans with a sleep disturbance, the sample size was n = 173 (45.4%); for veterans without sleep disturbance, the sample size was n = 208 (54.6%).
Calculated via the Fisher exact test.
Diagnosis was the presence of psychiatric or substance abuse symptoms or diagnosis.