Publication year: 2011
Source: Addictive Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 March 2011
Michele L., Okun , Michele D., Levine , Patricia, Houck , Kenneth A., Perkins , Marsha D., Marcus
Background: Sleep disturbance may affect smoking cessation efforts. We describe sleep changes across three months among women in a smoking cessation program and tested whether sleep disturbances at baseline and 1month post-quit attempt predicted smoking status at three months. Methods: Participants (N=322) were women in a randomized, clinical trial for smoking cessation. Sleep disturbances, as well as, insomnia, drowsiness, and sleep quality were evaluated prior to and during three months of cessation treatment. Repeated measures mixed models evaluated change in sleep over time by smoking outcome status. Logistic regression analyses determined whether sleep disturbances at baseline and 1month post-quit were associated with smoking…