0390 Adapted Behavioral Sleep And Yoga Interventions For Adults In Low-income And Racial/ethnic Minority Communities

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2019-04, Vol.42 (Supplement_1), p.A158-A158
• Main Authors: Bertisch, Suzie, Zhou, Eric, Qiu, Xinye, Spadola, Christine, Rottapel, Rebecca, Guo, Na, Rueschman, Michael, Chen, Jarvis, Redline, Susan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Behavior; Hispanic Americans; Intervention; Low income groups; Minority & ethnic groups; Sleep; Yoga
• ISSN: 0161-8105; 1550-9109
• DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.389

Introduction Inadequate sleep is common among low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities. This may be related to health behaviors as well as psychological, social, and environmental demands. While sleep education and yoga interventions may be adapted to optimize sleep-related behaviors and reduce reactivity to contextual stressors, there is sparse research evaluating sleep interventions adapted for populations with higher risk of poor sleep and associated comorbidities. Methods We conducted a 10-week randomized controlled pilot study of behavioral interventions with content and delivery adapted for adults residing in low-income housing. Adults with reported sleep duration ≤6 hours/night (n=33) were randomized to group sleep education (SE) or SE plus yoga (SE+yoga). SE comprised of two, one-hour group educational sessions. Those randomized to SE+yoga then participated in weekly one-hour yoga classes for eight weeks. We assessed self-reported sleep duration, sleep-related impairment, sleep disturbance, sleep hygiene behaviors, and intervention acceptability. Results Participants were 45.9 years ±13.1; 90.9% were female; 42.4% identified as non-Hispanic Black and 39.4% as Hispanic, and 33.3% graduated college. Pre/post intervention improvements were observed in self-reported sleep duration (SE: 1.3±1.4 hours/night; SE+yoga: 0.8±0.9 hours/night; overall test-of-change p