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. 2019 Jun 12;16(12):2079. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16122079

Table 2.

Associations of sleep problems with happiness.

SHS Happiness
(Mean 5.03, SD 1.04)
GHI Happiness
(Mean 3.00, SD 0.55)
Model 1 a β (95% CI) Model 2 b β (95% CI) Model 1 a OR (95% CI) Model 2 b OR (95% CI)
Sleep duration
 ≥8 h 0 0 1 1
 ≥6 to <8 h −0.15 (−0.26 to −0.04) ** −0.14 (−0.25 to −0.03) * 0.76 (0.58 to 0.99) * 0.78 (0.59 to 1.02)
 <6 h −0.38 (−0.53 to −0.23) *** −0.32 (−0.46 to −0.17) *** 0.49 (0.34 to 0.70) *** 0.54 (0.38 to 0.78) ***
p for trend <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Per hour decrease −0.09 (−0.12 to −0.05) *** −0.07 (−0.10 to −0.03) *** 0.76 (0.66 to 0.87) *** 0.79 (0.67 to 0.91) ***
Insomnia symptoms
 DIS −0.26 (−0.36 to −0.16) *** −0.20 (−0.29 to −0.10) *** 0.52 (0.41 to 0.66) *** 0.57 (0.4675 to 0.74) ***
 DMS −0.10 (−0.15 to −0.05) *** −0.08 (−0.13 to −0.04) *** 0.82 (0.73 to 0.92) *** 0.84 (0.75 to 0.95) **
 EMA −0.08 (−0.11 to −0.04) *** −0.06 (−0.10 to −0.03) *** 0.86 (0.80 to 0.94) *** 0.89 (0.82 to 0.97) **
 Any of these symptoms −0.25 (−0.35 to −0.15) *** −0.18 (−0.28 to −0.09) *** 0.59 (0.46 to 0.75) *** 0.66 (0.51 to 0.85) ***
 Number of insomnia symptoms
  0 0 0 1 1
  1 −0.15 (−0.26 to −0.03) * −0.10 (−0.21 to 0.02) 0.77 (0.58 to 1.03) 0.85 (0.64 to 1.14)
  2 −0.24 (−0.37 to −0.11) *** −0.18 (−0.31 to −0.05) ** 0.54 (0.39 to 0.74) *** 0.59 (0.43 to 0.82) **
  3 −0.44 (−0.59 to −0.30) *** −0.35 (−0.49 to −0.21) *** 0.41 (0.29 to 0.58) *** 0.50 (0.35 to 0.71) ***
 Per symptoms increase −0.14 (−0.18 to −0.10) *** −0.11 (−0.15 to −0.07) *** 0.74 (0.66 to 0.82) *** 0.78 (0.69 to 0.87) ***

SHS: Subjective happiness scale, GHI: Global happiness index, DIS: Difficulty in initiating sleep, DMS: Difficulty in maintaining sleep, EMA: Early morning awakening, * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001. a Model 1: Adjusted for sex, age, education, smoking, alcohol, moderate physical activity, body mass index (BMI), household income, marital status, self-rated health, and chronic disease. b Model 2: Adjusted for model 1 variables and mental health symptoms.