• Daniel P Chapman, Yong Liu, Lela R McKnight-Eily, Janet B Croft, James B Holt, Thomas J Balkin, and Wayne H Giles.
• Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway Northeast, Mailstop K-78, Atlanta, GA 30341.
• Mil Med. 2015 Jan 1; 180 (1): 68-76.

ObjectiveWe assessed the relationship between active duty status and daily insufficient sleep in a telephone survey.MethodsU.S. military service status (recent defined as past 12 months and past defined as >12 months ago) and daily insufficient sleep in the past 30 days were assessed among 566,861 adults aged 18 to 64 years and 271,202 adults aged ≥ 65 years in the 2009 to 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys.ResultsAmong ages 18 to 64 years, 1.1% reported recent active duty and 7.1% had past service; among ages ≥ 65 years, 0.6% reported recent and 24.6% had past service. Among ages 18 to 64 years, prevalence of daily insufficient sleep was 13.7% among those reporting recent duty, 12.6% for those with past service, and 11.2% for those with no service. Insufficient sleep did not vary significantly with active duty status among ages ≥ 65 years. After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, and frequent mental distress in multivariate logistic regression models, respondents aged 18 to 64 years with recent active duty were 34% more likely and those with past service were 23% more likely to report daily insufficient sleep than those with no service (p < 0.05, both).ConclusionsAdults with either recent or past active duty have a greater risk for daily insufficient sleep.Reprint & Copyright © 2015 Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.

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