caa a22 4500 606221867 CHVBK 20210128101131.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-015-0682-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-015-0682-y How well does Europe sleep? A cross-national study of sleep problems in European older adults [Elektronische Daten] [Vera van de Straat, Piet Bracke] Objectives: In this study, we aim to provide insight into the socio-demographic, family-related and socio-economic determinants of sleep problems in European older adults. Methods: Data from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2011/2012) were used to perform multilevel logistic regression analyses on whether one has been bothered by sleep problems for at least 6months. The final sample consisted of 54,722 respondents aged 50 and older from 16 countries. Results: Prevalence rates varied from 16.6% in Denmark and Italy to 31.2% in Poland. The odds ratio of 2.014 confirmed a higher likelihood of sleep problems in women. People aged 60-69 (OR 0.898) reported less sleep problems than people between 50 and 59years old. Finally, marriage compared to divorce and widowhood and having a higher socio-economic status were associated with less sleep problems. Conclusions: This study confirms sleep problems to be quite prevalent in the European older population. Increased awareness of the importance of sleep for health is needed, as well as further cross-national comparative research to explain the existing cross-country variation in sleep problems. Swiss School of Public Health, 2015 Sleep problems nationallicence Older adults nationallicence Cross-national nationallicence SHARE nationallicence van de Straat Vera HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Bracke Piet HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/6(2015-09-01), 643-650 1661-8556 60:6<643 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0682-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0682-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van de Straat Vera HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bracke Piet HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/6(2015-09-01), 643-650 1661-8556 60:6<643 2015 60 38