Preventing Weight Gain Improves Sleep Quality Among Black Women: Results from a RCT
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Preventing Weight Gain Improves Sleep Quality Among Black Women: Results from a RCT Dori M. Steinberg, PhD, MS, RD 1 & Jacob Christy 1 & Bryan C. Batch, MD 2 & Sandy Askew, MPH 1 & Reneé H. Moore, PhD 3 & Portia Parker, MS 4 & Gary G. Bennett, PhD 1,5
# The Society of Behavioral Medicine 2017
Abstract Background Obesity and poor sleep are highly prevalent among Black women. Purpose We examined whether a weight gain prevention intervention improved sleep among Black women. Methods We conducted a randomized trial comparing a 12month weight gain prevention intervention that included selfmonitoring through mobile technologies and phone coaching to usual care in community health centers. We measured sleep using the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale at baseline, 12 months, and 18 months. The scale examines quantity of sleep, sleep disturbance, sleep adequacy, daytime somnolence, snoring, shortness of breath, and global sleep problems (sleep problem indices I and II). Results Participants (n = 184) were on average 35.4 years and obese (BMI 30.2 kg/m2); 74% made
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