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. 2020 Sep 13;7(4):466–476. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.09.003

Table 3.

Possible new related factors, associated conditions and at-risk populations of the Nursing diagnoses Insomnia.

Possible new related factors
Smoking
  • Smoking in the late third trimester of pregnancy [16]

  • Smoking from the 17th week of gestation [17]

  • Patients with COPD smoking [20]

  • Smoking in the general population of Turkey [34]

  • Being a smoker [48]

  • History of smoking during the menopausal transition [57]

Caffeine intake
  • High black tea consumption in the afternoon in the general population of Turkey [34]

Dysfunctional sleep beliefs
  • Dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep in patients with heart failure [14]

  • Maladaptive sleep beliefs [38]

  • Greater dysfunctional beliefs about sleep in a myocardial infarction population [52]

Obesity
  • Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and waist-to-hip ratio among women [51]

Caregiver role strain
  • Higher distress in caregivers of patients with cancer [37]

  • Caregiving for patients with Alzheimer’s disease [44]

Possible new associated conditions
Chronic illness
  • Delayed recovery from traumatic brain injury [12]

  • Time since breast cancer diagnosis in cancer patients on aromatase inhibitors [28]

  • More than 5 chronic diseases [32]

  • Hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases in the general population of Turkey [34]

  • Hypothyroidism in history among a group of hypertensive patients [41]

  • Mild cognitive impairment, cerebral hemorrhage and hyperlipidemia in men and women [47]

Possible new at-risk populations
Individuals going through changes in marital status
  • Separated, divorced, and widowed patients with heart failure [14]

  • Number of times married in US Army personnel prior to deployment [46]

Economically disadvantaged
  • Lower employment level in male Japanese public service workers [1]

  • Low-income level among Adult Finns [18]

  • Low-income level of pregnant latinas [24]

  • Low-income level among General population of Turkey [34]

  • Low-income level among in a group of hypertensive patients [41]

  • No fixed income, less social contact, less social capital and living alone [54]

Female gender
  • Female gender in elderly population exposed to night light [29]

  • Female gender among community elderly in Alexandria [32]

  • Female gender among a group of hypertensive patients [41].

  • Female gender in shift-working nurses in shift-working nurses in South Korea [40]

  • Female gender among the Saudi adult population [49]

Increasing age
  • Aged women (40–59) [13]

  • 75-and-older age group among Ontario workers [12]

  • ≥20 years old among pregnant women in the third trimester [21]

  • Age (>65 vs < 55 years) among breast cancer patients on aromatase inhibitors as a treatment [28]

  • Elderly population exposed to night light (mean age, 72.2 years) [27]

  • ≥50 years of age among binge drinkers [39]

  • Increasing of risk of insomnia for every 10 years among a group of hypertensive patients [41]

  • Age ≥ 75 years in men and women by multivariate factor analysis in Hebei Province, China [47]

  • Age (>60 years and 30–59 years) among the Saudi adult population [49]

Night shift workers
  • Population with high frequency of insomnia [27,40]