Metrics details. Determining sleep quality and duration and the factors influencing the quality of sleep among the military is crucial for designing effective interventions. Given the strict and demanding nature of the military setting, it becomes essential to explore factors impacting sleep quality in such a context. Additionally, research in the Middle East and among females on this subject is scarce. This study aims to investigate sleep quality and different sleep-related variables such as sleep duration and sleep hygiene practices in addition to the correlates of sleep quality among recruits.
However, the association between sleep hygiene practices and sleep quality was not modified by gender. Jordanian military recruits on average had short sleep duration and poor sleep quality.
Results showed that better sleep hygiene practices especially among women and more sleep knowledge particularly among men were associated with better sleep quality. Interventions that use cognitive and behavioral change methods to promote sleep hygiene and improve sleep knowledge are recommended to improve sleep quality among military recruits. Peer Review reports. Poor sleep health is an underrecognized global public health problem that is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality [ 1 ].
Accumulative evidence suggests that insufficient sleep increases the risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases [ 2 , 3 ]. Moreover, sleep disruption is also consistently linked to psychiatric symptoms and diseases such as post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD , substance abuse, and suicidal ideation [ 4 ].
Sleep has a significant impact on military personnel as well [ 5 ]. A study which was conducted in the U. Another study that included around service members across all branches of the U. Moreover, evidence showed that military personnel with insomnia symptoms had more absence days from work, poorer self-rated health and a higher probability of discharge from the military [ 8 ].
