Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis

Adam Sadowski; Ryan S. Wexler; Douglas Hanes; Lita Buttolph; Tediana Torrens; Jillian Moehle; Hadil Sarrar; Joanna Harnett; David T. Zava; Ryan Bradley

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Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis

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Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis

Adam Sadowski, Ryan S. Wexler, Douglas Hanes, Lita Buttolph, Tediana Torrens, Jillian Moehle, Hadil Sarrar, Joanna Harnett, David T. Zava and Ryan Bradley

BMC complementary medicine and therapies, Vol.22, pp.1-10

05/05/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03582-5

PMID: 35513823

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Background The International Cohort on Lifestyle Determinants of Health (INCLD Health) is an ongoing, prospective cohort study assessing the health behaviours and lifestyles of higher education students, including their use of specialty diets and complementary and integrative health (CIH) practices. Purpose: This cross-sectional analysis of the INCLD Health cohort aims to (1) evaluate the associations between perceived stress, sleep disturbance, and meditative practices with diurnal salivary free cortisol and (2) evaluate the associations of meditative practices as well as mind-body practices with perceived stress and sleep disturbance. Methods Serial multivariable linear regression models, adjusting for sociodemographic and lifestyle behaviours, were used to assess associations of (1) perceived stress, sleep disturbance, and meditative practices with salivary cortisol, and (2) meditative practices as well as mind-body practices with perceived stress and sleep disturbance. Meditative and mind-body practices were evaluated using a stress-management and self-care survey; perceived stress and sleep disturbance were evaluated using the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the patient reported outcome measures information system-29 (PROMIS-29) sleep sub-score respectively. Salivary cortisol was collected at 4 time points over a 24-hour period and area under the curve (AUC) calculations conducted. Results 82.5% (n = 80) of participants utilized at least monthly meditative practices. Greater disturbed sleep, but not perceived-stress, meditative, nor mind-body practices was independently associated with increased AUC cortisol (b = 0.02, 95% CI: 0.002–0.05, p = 0.03) after adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity, and BMI. Neither meditative nor mind-body practices were associated with perceived stress or disturbed sleep. Conclusions Among INCLD Health participants, greater sleep disturbance, but not perceived stress or meditative practices were associated with daytime cortisol.

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Title: Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis
Creators: Adam Sadowski - National University of Natural Medicine
Ryan S. Wexler - National University of Natural Medicine
Douglas Hanes - National University of Natural Medicine
Lita Buttolph - National University of Natural Medicine
Tediana Torrens - National University of Natural Medicine
Jillian Moehle - National University of Natural Medicine
Hadil Sarrar - National University of Natural Medicine
Joanna Harnett - University of Sydney
David T. Zava - ZRT Laboratory
Ryan Bradley - National University of Natural Medicine
Publication Details: BMC complementary medicine and therapies, Vol.22, pp.1-10
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 10
Grant note: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health K24AT011568 / Helfgott Research Institute of the National University of Natural Medicine
Identifiers: 991013036326002368
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Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
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Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis

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